[Intro]
G C
[Verse 1]
G C G
Where I come from, you need to learn to fight
G D
And follow in the footsteps what your father thought was right
G C
Marry the girl you met in school, get two kids
G
and pick-up truck
C G D
That disappeared in the rear-view mirror the day they call ya up
[Chorus]
Em C G
Write me, send me, don't forget to call
Em C G
Whisper softly you'll be there if I fall
Em C
Turn off the news, shut off the world, home is
G
where you are safe
Em C G C
Reach me, teach me love is stronger than hate
[Verse 2]
G C
Ended up a soldiеr in a foreign land
G D
Two tours of Iraq and two in Afghanistan
G C
Didn't think I'd make it out, but your photo got
G
me through
C G
Whеn I got back, you could see I'd cracked and I
D
wasn't the same to you
[Chorus]
Em C G
Hold me gently, take me in your arms
Em C G
Whisper softly, they'll never do you harm.
Em C
Turn off the news, shut off the world, home is
G
where you are safe
Em C G C G
Reach me, teach me love is stronger than hate
D
[Bridge]
G C
Lying here alone at night firing rockets from my
G
bed
C G D
No one else can see them 'cause they're only in my head
G C
Sam Cooke's singin' my favourite song, Try a
G
Little Tenderness
C G D
That sweet melody drifting by as I convalesce
C G D
Is that your hand clutchin' mine?
C G D
I just want your hand clutchin' mine
[Chorus]
Em C G
Oh, hold me gently, always let me know
Em C G
Whisper softly you'll never let me go
Em C
Turn off the news, shut off the world, before
G
it's all too late
Em C G
Reach me, teach me love is stronger than hate
C G
Love is stronger than hate
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