{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1996405,"song":"Volunteers","artist":"Mark Erelli","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11446465-volunteers-chords-by-mark-erelli/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1996405?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Mark Erelli - Volunteers\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 4th fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI played with army men as a boy in my backyard[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was eighteen when I joined the National Guard[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI cakewalked basic, and they paid for my degree[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll for filling up sandbags and clearing storm debris[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I had just re-upped on the base in my hometown[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the whole deal changed on the day that the planes went down[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nJust a casual soldier, twelve weekends a year[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was Baghdad bound when they called up the volunteers [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe’d seen more than enough to know war is hell[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut we were thinking that we had it made once the capital fell[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo we partied in the palaces and waited to withdraw[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Til things started going south both sides of the wall[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFirst the looting, the suicide bombers and the IED's[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen the prisons and the torture and all those pictures on TV[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe kickbacks, the blackouts, the martyrs and the fear[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd now everyone in Babylon blames the volunteers [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere was a roadside bomb on a convoy late one night[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was fine, but this buddy of mine probably should have died[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo they radioed a medevac and I tried to keep him warm[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]                                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow he’s back home learning how to feed himself with two new arms[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd all the others, they suffer from wounds that you can’t see[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo they try to forget and go back home to their jobs and their families[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYeah we got paid, no one made us come over here[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut it ain't close to an even trade for the volunteers[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMaybe we’ll all be judged by history and god[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMaybe the best way to honour the departed is to finish the job[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]                                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut while they argue who is winning and whether we should go or stay[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOver here it’s a victory just to make it through another day[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd me I’m long past making any sense of the blood I've spilled[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut it's hard to believe this is all part of any God’s will[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]                                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd if you find I’ve fallen after all the smoke has cleared[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLet the record show I volunteered[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLet the record show I volunteered[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"Mark Erelli - Volunteers\n\n\nCAPO: 4th fret\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nAm  F  C  G  F\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nAm  C  G  Am  F  C  G  F\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nF  Am  G  Am  F  C  G  C","chords":["Am","F","C","G","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}