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A Fathers Arms

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A Fathers Arms, Yonder Mountain String Band, Town by Town (2006)
Intro: 
D A Bm G D A
DThe news it came to Ame as a surBmprise
And I kGnew that I would Dhave to deal in Atime
And as the Dmessenger wAalked right off the pBmorch
A memGory came to Dme from times befAore
I remember when my dad was called away
My mother put his pictures all away
And now the time had come for me to go
To my love my tears I tried not to show
Chorus:
GWith tear drops on my Aface
Thinking 'Dbout that old homBmeplace
GRiding across the Aplanes in the rDain
Banjo Solo
The Dletters from my Adad described the Bmwar
His Gfood was canned, Dhis boots they made him Asore
And one Dletter from my Adad spoke of a Bmfriend
Who got Glost between the Dwater and the Aland
Now I'm the one writing letters to my son
I'll be home as soon as the fightin's done
With my gun in hand I guess it's hard to see
What it was that used to be inside of me
[ Chorus ]
[Guitar Solo]
BmToday we moved in sight of the F#enemy
Though I diAdn't even know what they had dF#one
The gBmeneral yelled to me, F#when I count to three
AGet on your feet and start to BmrunF#  A  
DThat's the last Aevent I can rBmecall
The tGent was big but Dcould not hold us Aall
Though I'll Dnever know what Agot the best of Bmme
I Gswear I felt my Ddad looking over Ame
[ Chorus - x2 ]

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A Fathers Arms

by Yonder Mountain String Band

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A Fathers Arms, Yonder Mountain String Band, Town by Town (2006)

Intro:

D A Bm G D A

D A Bm

The news it came to me as a surprise

G D A

And I knew that I would have to deal in time

D A Bm

And as the messenger walked right off the porch

G D A

A memory came to me from times before

I remember when my dad was called away

My mother put his pictures all away

And now the time had come for me to go

To my love my tears I tried not to show

Chorus:

G A

With tear drops on my face

D Bm

Thinking 'bout that old homeplace

G A D

Riding across the planes in the rain

Banjo Solo

D A Bm

The letters from my dad described the war

G D A

His food was canned, his boots they made him sore

D A Bm

And one letter from my dad spoke of a friend

G D A

Who got lost between the water and the land

Now I'm the one writing letters to my son

I'll be home as soon as the fightin's done

With my gun in hand I guess it's hard to see

What it was that used to be inside of me

[ Chorus ]

[Guitar Solo]

Bm F#

Today we moved in sight of the enemy

A F#

Though I didn't even know what they had done

Bm F#

The general yelled to me, when I count to three

A Bm F# A

Get on your feet and start to run

D A Bm

That's the last event I can recall

G D A

The tent was big but could not hold us all

D A Bm

Though I'll never know what got the best of me

G D A

I swear I felt my dad looking over me

[ Chorus - x2 ]

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