Big & Rich

^G to fight fot the red white and ^D blue
A (D)* A
He was nineteen in green with a new M-16
^G Just doing what he had to ^D do
A (D)* A
He was dropped in the jungle where the choppers would rumble
^G With the smell of napalm in the ^D air
^A And the seargent said
^G Look up ahea ^D d
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Like a dark evil cloud twelve hundred came down
^G On him and twenty-nine ^D more
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They fought for their lives but most of them died
^G In the 173rd ^D airborne
Chorus:
A (D)* A
On the 8th of November the angels were crying
^G As they carried his brothers ^D away
A (D)* A
With the fire raining down and the hell all around
^G There were few men left standing that ^D day
^F Saw an eagle fly through a ^G clear blue sky
^F Nineteen-sixty- ^G five
NC A (D)* A G D
the 8th of November
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Now he's fifty-eight and his pony tail's gray
^G But the battle still plays in his ^D head
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He limps when he walks but he's strong when he talks
^G About the shrapnell they left in his ^D leg
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He puts on a suit over his airborne tatoo
^G He ties it on one time a ^D year
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He remembers the fallen as he orders a tall one
^G And swallows it down with his ^D tears
Chorus:
A (D)* A
On the 8th of November the angels were crying
^G As they carried his brothers ^D away
A (D)* A
With the fire raining down and the hell all around
^G There were few men left standing that ^D day
^F Saw an eagle fly through a ^G clear blue sky
^F Nineteen-sixty- ^G five
NC A (D)* A G D
the 8th of November
A (D)* A
On the 8th of November the angels were crying
^G As they carried his brothers ^D away
A (D)* A
With the fire raining down and the hell all around
^G There were few men left standing that ^D day
A (D)* A
On the 8th of November the angels were crying
^G As they carried his brothers ^D away
A (D)* A
With the fire raining down and the hell all around
^G There were few men left standing that ^D day
^F Saw an eagle fly through a c ^G lear blue sk ^F y
^F Nineteen-sixty- ^G five
A (D)* A G D
the 8th of November
A (D)* A G D
Verse:
A (D)* A
Said goodbye to his momma as he left south dakota
^G to fight fot the red white and ^F blue
A (D)8
He was nineteen in green with a new M-16
^G Just doing what he had to ^D do
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* You don't need to play this D, but Big Kenny plays it live. I think it sounds good,
it makes it so you are not holding A out so long. Its a good song, don't be afraid to let
ring for a little, i.e. only strum F once until the G on "saw the eagle fly", it sounds best. ENJOY!