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Intro
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Verse 1:
A
I was named after my father
Dadd9
In a long line of nobodies
F#m7
Waiting for the future
C#7 Dadd9
For that turn of the century
A
And I was merely cannon fodder
Dadd9
In the nineteenth cavalry
F#m7
Waiting, waiting, waiting
C#7 Dadd9
To sing 'Nearer, My God, to Thee'
Dadd9 A
Nearer, My God, to Thee
E Dadd9
Nearer, My God, to Thee
Dadd9 A E Dadd9
Nearer, My God, to Thee
Verse 2:
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Well, the first night that I saw her
Dadd9
Was the last night of my leave
F#m7
A stranger in a strange land
C#7 Dadd9
Where an angel came to me
Dadd9 A
An angel came to me
E Dadd9
An angel came to me
Dadd9 A
An angel came to me
E Dadd9
An angel came to me
Instrumental
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Verse 3:
A
And I dreamed of Jacob's ladder
Dadd9
When I laid me down to sleep
F#m7
And the souls all rising and falling
C#7 Dadd9
Through the whole of eternity
A
I was named after my father
Dadd9
In a long line of nobodies
F#m7
And all I ever wanted
C#7 Dadd9
Was someone to weep for me
Dadd9 A
Someone to weep for me
E Dadd9
Someone to weep for me
Dadd9 A
Someone to weep for me
E Dadd9
Someone to weep for me
Outro
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Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh
Dadd9
Ooh, ooh
Dadd9 A
Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
(Someone to weep for me)
E Dadd9
(Someone to weep for me)
Dadd9 A
Oh, oh-oh, oh
(Someone to weep for me)
E Dadd9
(Someone to weep for me)
Dadd9 A
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
(Someone to weep for me)
E Dadd9
(Someone to weep for me)
Written by Bonny Light Horseman