Intro: D

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HE WON THE WAR, IN A FOREIGN LAND
          Bm
THAT WAS NO HERO, THAT WAS MY OLD MAN
    Em
AND HE CAME BACK HOME, WHERE HE MET HIS WIFE
     C
AND HE RAISED HIS KIDS, WHILE HE MADE A LIFE
G
NOW HE NEVER PREACHED, THOUGH HE ALWAYS KNEW
     Bm
AND WE WATCHED HIM CLOSE, JUST TO PICK UP CLUES
    Em
AND SOMETIMES LATE, IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT
      C                               G
I CAN SEE HIM THERE, IN THE PALE MOON LIGHT
     D
I AM TRYING
      C     Em  Am
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW
      C     Em  Am
AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN
         C   Em  Am   D       G             D
BUT I'LL HAVE TO TELL HIM SOMEDAY 
    G
AND AS FOR THIS WOMAN, MY FATHER WED
   Bm
WE KNEW WE WERE LOVED, WITH THE WORDS UNSAID
    Em
AND WHEN WE WERE YOUNG SHE TAUGHT US ALL TO READ
    C
AND THEN ONE BY ONE, SHE WOULD WATCH US LEAVE
      G
NEVER SAW HER CRY, FOR SHE HID HER TEARS
   Bm
AS ONE BY ONE, WE WOULD DISAPPEAR
       Em
BUT OF COURSE WE'D WRITE, AND OF COURSE WE'D CALL
        C                                 G
JUST TO HEAR HER VOICE, WHENEVER WE WOULD FALL
     D
I AM TRYING
      C     Em   Am
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW
      C     Em  Am
AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN
         C    Em  Am  D            G                D
BUT I'LL HAVE TO TELL HER SOMEDAY
     G
SO I WROTE THESE WORDS, AND I HOPE THEY LAST
        Bm
FOR THE YEARS HAVE COME, AND THE YEARS HAVE PAST
         Em
THINK OF ALL THEY GAVE, THINK OF ALL THE DEBT
          C
BUT CAN'T FIND A WAY, TO REPAY THEM YET
        G
FOR THE DAYS STILL COME, AND THE DEBT STILL MOUNT
       Bm
AND DO WORDS UNSAID, EVER REALLY COUNT
    Em
BUT SOMETIMES STILL, IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT
      C                                G
I CAN SEE THEM THERE, IN THE PALE MOON LIGHT
     D
I AM TRYING
      C     Em  Am
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW
      C     Em  Am
AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN
         C    Em  Am  D             G