Tom Russell - Veterans day

I used to hang out down at the local VFW ^Dhall Lord, I was staring at a photograph up on the ^Gwall Of all the boys in the neighbourhood who died back in World War ^DTwo And the hand lettered sign said, 'Remember our Jimmy ^GMcGrew'

Well, Jimmy went away back in 196^D5 There's a lot of men here think that Jimmy McGrew's still a^Glive They carved his name on a stone down in Washington, D^DC But his brother says, "That stone don't mean a damn thing to ^Gme"

It's veteran's ^Cday and the skies are ^Ggrey Leave your uniforms ^Bmhome, boys, there ^Emain't gonna be a pa^Amrade ^D But we'll ^Gfill up a glass for the ones that didn't make it through,^C yeah Hey, leave a ^Glight in the window to^Dnight for Jimmy Mc^CGrew ^G

There's a hot rain falling on the back streets of Sai^Dgon And there's a white man running down the alley with his mama-^Gsan But lord, his eyes are cloudy and his arms are black and blu^De And he's a-hanging by a thread and he looks like our Jimmy Mc^GGrew

It's veteran's ^Cday and the skies are ^Ggrey Leave your uniforms ^Bmhome, boys, there ^Emain't gonna be a pa^Amrade ^D But we'll ^Gfill up a glass for the ones that didn't make it through,^C yeah Hey, leave a ^Glight in the window to^Dnight for Jimmy Mc^CGrew Yeah, leave a ^Glight in the window to^Dnight for Jimmy Mc^GGrew