{"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":62340,"song":"Dedication Day","artist":"Eric Bogle","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11542045-dedication-day-chords-by-eric-bogle/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/62340?type=chord","rating":0.15386,"votes":0,"content":"CAPO 1ST FRET , all chord positions are relative to capo.\r\nEg. [ch]G[/ch]= [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]=[ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]=[ch]C#[/ch]\r\nKey of G#\r\ntry creating a little run on the C chord I tend to do something like pick the B string then the G , D pulloff \r\na hammer-on , G ,D pulloff. Just anything that will lead you into the first verse.\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\nVerse 1\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAugust in Mildura, and winters on the run,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthere?s an early taste of springtime, in the warm mid-morning sun.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs the men marched past from first to last, the crowds cheer everyone,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n and war seems somehow very far away, on this sunny dedication day.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey marched to a memorial, built by and for their own,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\na simple wall of remembrance of brick and steel and stone.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith the names inscribed of those that died and to those that had made it home,[/tab]\r\n [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n with a debt of love and honor to repay, had all gathered there on dedication day.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt?s dedication day,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt?s dedication day.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 2\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere was a concert held that evening me and others sang our songs,[/tab]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwhile the boys drank beer and reminisced, laughed and clapped and sang along.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs I was standing there with my guitar, just waiting to go on,[/tab]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] \r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n a man grabbed my arm and said please would you play a, song for my mate Hans this dedication day.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 3\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe asked me to sing welcome home, and I saw tears in his eyes,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n I knew there was a story there, but I did not want to pry.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd then he said to me, I want that song you see, for this morning my mate died,[/tab]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] \r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nfaced with his grief there was nothing I could say, so I sang for Hans on dedication day.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt?s dedication day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt?s dedication day[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n(Piano solo)\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 4\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey say that Hans took his own life, but I don?t know if that?s true,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbut if it is that?s no surprise, too many Vietnam vetrans do.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOnly those who were there, can know the despair and the pain that he went through,[/tab]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] \r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nfor who can understand it more than they, those who knew the cost of dedication day[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 5\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThough that Asian wars long over, there still burying their dead[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nyet somehow the bond grows stronger, with each broken thread[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhat poison stole and two hands sold to taint the years ahead[/tab]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn that war so long ago and far away until they died of wounds on dedication day.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's dedication day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's dedication day[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Repeat until fade out)\r","plain_text":"CAPO 1ST FRET , all chord positions are relative to capo.\nEg. G= G# D=Eb C=C#\nKey of G#\ntry creating a little run on the C chord I tend to do something like pick the B string then the G , D pulloff \na hammer-on , G ,D pulloff. Just anything that will lead you into the first verse.\n\nG D C\nG D C\n\nVerse 1\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Am D Am D \n\n\n\nChorus\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 2\n\nG D C \n\n\nAm D Am \n\n\n\nVerse 3\n\n\n\nAm D Am \n\n\n\nChorus\n\n\n\n\n(Piano solo)\n\n\nVerse 4\n\n\n\nAm D Am \n\n\nVerse 5\n\n\n\nAm D Am D \n\n\n\nG D C\nG D C\n\nChorus\n\n\n\n\n(Repeat until fade out)","chords":["G","G#","D","Eb","C","C#","B","Am"],"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]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}