{"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":1788717,"song":"Veterans Day","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1788717-veterans-day-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1788717?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nWell I used to hang out down at the VFW hall[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd stare at the photographs up on the wall[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                                          [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nOf the neighborhood boys that died in the wars we've been through[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the hand lettered sign that said remember Jimmy McGrew[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nWell Jimmy went to Nam back in 1965[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut there's a lot of men here that think Jimmy McGrew's still alive[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                                     [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThough they carved his name on a stone in Washington DC[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis brother said that stone don't prove a thing to me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's veteran's day and the skies are gray[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                                       [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nLeave the uniforms home cause there ain't gonna be a parade[/tab]\r\n\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[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd leave a light in the window tonight for Jimmy McGrew[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                                                     [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThere's a hot rain falling on the back streets of Saigon[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's an old soldier stumbling down the alley with his mama-san[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                                    [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nLord his eyes are cloudy and his arms are black and blue[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe's just hanging by a thread and he looks like Jimmy McGrew[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's veteran's day and the skies are gray[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                                       [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nLeave the uniforms home cause there ain't gonna be a parade[/tab]\r\n\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[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd leave a light in the window tonight for Jimmy McGrew[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAnd keep it burning bright there may still be\r\n \r\n\r\nA lot of Jimmy McGrews over there\r\n\r\n[tab]                                                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut we'll fill up a glass for the ones that didn't make it through[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd leave a light in the window tonight for Jimmy McGrew[/tab]","plain_text":"And keep it burning bright there may still be\n \n\nA lot of Jimmy McGrews over there","chords":["G","D7","C","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}