{"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":462473,"song":"8Th Of November","artist":"Big & Rich","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11562673-8th-of-november-chords-by-big-rich/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/462473?type=chord","rating":4.96481,"votes":131,"content":"D* = Optional; Big Kenny plays it live.\r\nDon't be afraid to let chords ring, e.g., only strum F once before G on \"saw the eagle fly\".\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] x2\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]* [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSaid goodbye to his momma as he left South Dakota[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nto fight for the red white and blue[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]* [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe was nineteen in green with a new M-16[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust doing what he had to do[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]* [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe was dropped in the jungle where the choppers would rumble[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith the smell of napalm in the air[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the sergeant said[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLook up ahead[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]* [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLike a dark evil cloud twelve hundred came down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn him and twenty-nine more[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]* [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey fought for their lives but most of them died[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the 173rd airborne[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]* [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOn the 8th of November the angels were crying[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs they carried his brothers away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]* [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith the fire raining down and the hell all around[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere were few men left standing that day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSaw an eagle fly through a clear blue sky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNineteen-sixty-five[/tab]\r\n[tab] N.C. [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]* [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe 8th of November[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]* [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNow he's fifty-eight and his ponytail's gray[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the battle still plays in his head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]* [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe limps when he walks but he's strong when he talks[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAbout the shrapnel they left in his leg[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]* [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe puts on a suit over his airborne tattoo[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe ties it on one time a year[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]* [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd remembers the fallen as he orders a tall one[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd swallows it down with his tears[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]* [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOn the 8th of November the angels were crying[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs they carried his brothers away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]* [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith the fire raining down and the hell all around[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere were few men left standing that day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSaw an eagle fly through a clear blue sky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNineteen-sixty-five[/tab]\r\n[tab] N.C. [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]* [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe 8th of November[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude] \r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]* [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSaw an eagle fly through a clear blue sky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNineteen-sixty-five[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]* [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe 8th of November[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3] \r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]* [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOn the 8th of November the angels were crying[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs they carried his brothers away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]* [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith the fire raining down and the hell all around[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere were few men left standing that day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]* [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOn the 8th of November the angels were crying[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs they carried his brothers away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]* [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith the fire raining down and the hell all around[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere were few men left standing that day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]* [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSaid goodbye to his momma as he left South Dakota[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTo fight for the red white and blue[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]* \r\nHe was nineteen in green with a new M-16[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust doing what he had to do[/tab]","plain_text":"D* = Optional; Big Kenny plays it live.\nDon't be afraid to let chords ring, e.g., only strum F once before G on \"saw the eagle fly\".\n\n[Intro]\nA D A G D x2\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude] \nA D* A G D\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["D","F","G","A","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"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]}}}