Verse 1:
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Eighteen years old, full of hate, they
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Shipped me off in a motorcade
C G
They said boy you're gonna fight a war
D
And you don't even know what you're
G
Fighting for
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I lost friends in the August heat, and
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At night it was God I'd always meet
C G
I said Lord, won't you bring me home, I
C G
Got women in the west I wanna hold
Verse 2:
C G
I lost you in a waiting room, after
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Sleeping there for a week or two
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Doctor said he did all he could, you
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Were the last thing I had that was
Good
C G
So I walked miles on the Tulsa street
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Lights started beaming in from the east
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6 A.m. and fucked up again, asking God
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Where the hell he'd been
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He said the sun's gonna rise tomorrow
D Em
Somewhere on the east side of sorrow
C G
Better pack your bags west, stick out
D Em
Your chest and then hit the road
C G
The sun's gonna rise tomorrow, somewhere
D Em
On the east side of sorrow
C G
Don't give it a reason to follow, let it
D Em
Be then let it go
C G D Em
Let it be... then let it go
Verse 3:
G
Heard your brother lost his mind in the
C G
City last fall, was it his blood, or his
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Conscience, or the alcohol?
C
Did the Navy do him well or did he wind
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Up sick, like every other brave boy from
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These run down sticks?
C G
Do you ever get tired of singin' songs
Like all your pain is just another
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Fuckin' sing along?
C G
If you ever get the time come on home, I
Heard Turnpike's back together and
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They're writin' songs
C G
He said the sun's gonna rise tomorrow
D Em
Somewhere on the east side of sorrow
C G
Better pack your bags west, stick out
D Em
Your chest and then hit the road
Solo: C G D Em
C G D Em
C G
The sun's gonna rise tomorrow, somewhere
D Em
On the east side of sorrow
C G
Don't give it a reason to follow, let it
D Em
Be then let it go
C G D Em
Let it be... then let it go