{"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":2003749,"song":"Veterans Day","artist":"Tom Russell","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11447387-veterans-day-chords-by-tom-russell/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2003749?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Tom Russell - Veteran's Day\r\n\r\n(Live Version from the album The Long Way Around)\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI used to hang out down at the local VFW hall[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLord, I was staring at a photograph up on the wall[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf all the boys in the neighbourhood who died back in World War Two[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the hand lettered sign said, 'Remember our Jimmy McGrew'[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, Jimmy went away back in 1965[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's a lot of men here think that Jimmy McGrew's still alive[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey carved his name on a stone down in Washington, DC[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut his brother says, \"That stone don't mean a damn thing to me\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's veteran's day and the skies are grey[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLeave your uniforms home, boys, there ain't gonna be a parade[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut we'll fill up a glass for the ones that didn't make it through,   yeah[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHey, leave a light in the window tonight for Jimmy McGrew[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]                                                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's a hot rain falling on the back streets of Saigon[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd there's a white man running down the alley with his mama-san[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut lord, his eyes are cloudy and his arms are black and blue[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he's a-hanging by a thread and he looks like our Jimmy McGrew[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's veteran's day and the skies are grey[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLeave your uniforms home, boys, there ain't gonna be a parade[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut we'll fill up a glass for the ones that didn't make it through,   yeah[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHey, leave a light in the window tonight for Jimmy McGrew[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYeah, leave a light in the window tonight for Jimmy McGrew[/tab]","plain_text":"Tom Russell - Veteran's Day\n\n(Live Version from the album The Long Way Around)\n\n\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nG\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","D","C","Bm","Em","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}