Dress Blues

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[Main Chords]
G
320003
G/F#
2x0033
Em
022000
C/G
x32013
D
xx0232
Bm
224432
C
x35553
Cm
x35543
Fancy it up with the help of this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70CwY37aIHk
[Intro]
G G Em Em
G G Em Em
G G Em Em
C/G C/G G D
[Verse]
G Em
What can you see from your window?
G Em
I can't see anything from mine.
G Em
Flags on the side of the highway
C/G G D
and scripture on grocery store signs.
G Em
Maybe eighteen was too early.
G Em
Maybe thirty or forty is too.
G Em
Did you get your chance to make peace with the man
C/G G D
before he sent down his angels for you?
[Chorus]
Em D G
Mamas and grandmamas love you
Em D G G/F#
'cause that's all they know how to do.
Em Bm
You never planned on the bombs in the sand
C Cm G
or sleeping in your dress blues.
G G Em Em
G G Em Em
[Verse]
G Em
Your wife said this all would be funny
G Em
when you came back home in a week.
G Em
You'd turn twenty-two and we'd celebrate you
C/G G D
in a bar or a tent by the creek.
G Em
Your baby would just about be here.
G Em
Your very last tour would be up
G Em
but you won't be back. They're all dressing in black
C/G G D
drinking sweet tea in styrofoam cups.
[Chorus]
Em D G
Mamas and grandmamas love you
Em D G G/F#
American boys hate to lose.
Em Bm
You never planned on the bombs in the sand
C Cm G
or sleeping in your dress blues.
G G Em Em
G G Em Em
G G Em Em
C/G C/G G D
[Verse]
G Em
Now the high school gymnasium's ready,
G Em
full of flowers and old legionnaires.
G Em
Nobody showed up to protest,
C/G G D
just sniffle and stare.
G Em
But there's red, white, and blue in the rafters
G Em
and there's silent old men from the corps.
G Em
What did they say when they shipped you away
C/G G D
to give all in some god awful war
[Chorus]
Em D G
Nobody here can forget you.
Em D G G/F#
You showed us what we had to lose.
Em Bm
You never planned on the bombs in the sand
C Cm G
or sleeping in your dress blues.
Em Bm
You never planned on the bombs in the sand
C Cm G
or sleeping in your dress blues.
Em Bm
You never planned on the bombs in the sand
C Cm G
or sleeping in your dress blues.

Dress Blues chords and lyrics

Free chords for Dress Blues by Zac Brown Band. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

*Half Step Down*
[Main Chords]
G        320003
G/F#     2x0033
Em       022000
C/G      x32013
D        xx0232
Bm       224432
C        x35553
Cm       x35543
Fancy it up with the help of this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70CwY37aIHk
[Intro]
G    G    Em    Em
G    G    Em    Em
G    G    Em    Em
C/G  C/G  G     D 
[Verse]
[Chorus]
G   G   Em   Em
G   G   Em   Em
[Verse]
[Chorus]
G    G    Em    Em
G    G    Em    Em
G    G    Em    Em
C/G  C/G  G     D 
[Verse]
[Chorus]

Dress Blues Chords by Zac Brown Band

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