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Capo: 3
Tuning:
F: play with thumb, hammer on and pull of 3rd string (F to Fsus2)
[Intro]
F C
e|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|-----------(1)-----1--------1-----1p0|-----1----------------1-----------|
G|--------0h2---2-0---0-----0---0------|----2---2--(0)------0---0---------|
D|-----3----------3------(2)-----------|---3-----3-(3)---(2)------2-------|
A|---3------------3-----3---------3----|-----------(3)-3------------------|
E|-1-------------(1)-------------------|-1--------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
FCigarettes and a bottle of beer, this poem that I wrote Cfor you
This black Fstone and these hard tears are all I got left now oCf you
AmI remember you in your Marine uniform Am7/Glaughing, laughing at your ship out Cparty
I readAm7 Robert McNAm7/Gamara says he'sC sorry
[Verse 2]
Your high boFots and striped t-shirt, ah, Billy you looked so Cbad
Yeah yFou and your rock and roll band,Fsus2 you were the best thing this shit town eveCr had
Am7Now the men that put you here eat with theiAm7/Gr families in rich dinCing halls
And Am7apology and forgiveness got nAm7/Go place here atC all, here at the FwallC
[Verse 3]
Well I'm Fsorry I missed you last yeFmaj7ar, I couldn't find no one to drive meC
If your eFyes could cut through that black stoFmaj7ne, tell me would they recognize mCe
AmFor the living time it must be Am7/Gserved as the day goeCs on
Am7Cigarettes and a bottle of beeAm7/Gr, skin on black stCone
[Verse 4]
On the ground dFog tags and wreaths of flowers, with the ribbons red as the blCood
FRed as the blood you spilled in the Central Highlands muCd
Limousines rAm7ush down Pennsylvania Avenue,Am7/G rustling the leaves as they fCall
Am7And apology and forgiveness got noAm/G place here at aCll, here at Fsus2the waCll
F C F C Am Am7/G C Am Am7/G C (until fade out)
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| (n) Ghost note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
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