Dress Blues

	 
Chords Used: 
Em/G: 022033
C/G:  x32033
F#/G: 2x0033
[Intro]
SOLMIm/SOL SOL  MIm/SOL
[Versetto]
SOL                        MIm/SOL 
What can you see from your window? 
SOL                       MIm/SOL 
I can't see anything from mine. 
SOL                      MIm/SOL 
Flags on the side of the highway 
    DO/SOL                     SOL   
and scripture on grocery store signs.
   RE 
 
and scripture on grocery store signs. 
SOL                    MIm/SOL 
Maybe eighteen was too early. 
SOL                      MIm/SOL 
Maybe thirty or forty is too. 
SOL                            
Did you get your chance to make peace
 MIm/SOL 
 with the man 
Did you get your chance to make peace with the man 
     DO/SOL                       
before he sent down his angels for
     SOL          RE 
 you?
before he sent down his angels for you?
[Ritornello]
MIm/SOL   FA#/SOL           SOL 
Mamas and grandmamas love you 
     MIm/SOL          FA#/SOL     
'cause that's all they know how to
   SOL  FA#/SOL 
 do. 
'cause that's all they know how to do. 
MIm/SOL                  SIm 
You never planned on the bombs in the
 sand 
You never planned on the bombs in the sand 
   DO/SOL                
or sleeping in your dress
      SOL                RE 
 blues.
or sleeping in your dress blues.
[Versetto]
SOL                             
Your wife said this all would be
 MIm/SOL 
 funny 
Your wife said this all would be funny 
SOL                         
when you came back home in a week.
 MIm/SOL 
 
when you came back home in a week. 
SOL                           
You'd turn twenty-two and we'd
 MIm/SOL 
 celebrate you 
You'd turn twenty-two and we'd celebrate you 
DO/SOL                       
in a bar or a tent by the creek.
 SOL      RE 
 
in a bar or a tent by the creek. 
SOL                          
Your baby would just about be here.
 MIm/SOL 
 
Your baby would just about be here. 
SOL                          
Your very last tour would be up
 MIm/SOL 
 
Your very last tour would be up 
SOL                               
but you won't be back. They're all
   MIm/SOL 
 dressing in black 
but you won't be back. They're all dressing in black 
DO/SOL                         
drinking sweet tea in styrofoam
    SOL      RE 
 cups.
drinking sweet tea in styrofoam cups.
[Ritornello]
MIm/SOL   FA#/SOL           SOL 
Mamas and grandmamas love you 
 MIm/SOL FA#/SOL        SOL
American boys hate to lose.
  FA#/SOL 
 
American boys hate to lose. 
MIm/SOL                  SIm 
You never planned on the bombs in the
 sand 
You never planned on the bombs in the sand 
   DO/SOL                
or sleeping in your dress
      SOL                RE 
 blues.
or sleeping in your dress blues.
[Ponte]
[Versetto]
SOL                            
Now the high school gymnasium's
 MIm/SOL 
 ready, 
Now the high school gymnasium's ready, 
SOL                           
full of flowers and old legionnaires.
 MIm/SOL 
 
full of flowers and old legionnaires. 
SOL                    MIm/SOL 
Nobody showed up to protest,  
DO/SOL                 SOL      RE 
just sniffle and stare. 
SOL                                
But there's red, white, and blue in
     MIm/SOL 
 the rafters 
But there's red, white, and blue in the rafters 
SOL                                
and there's silent old men from the
 MIm/SOL 
 corps. 
and there's silent old men from the corps. 
SOL                          
What did they say when they shipped
 MIm/SOL 
 you away 
What did they say when they shipped you away 
DO/SOL                       
to fight somebody's Hollywood
    SOL      RE 
 war?
to fight somebody's Hollywood war?
[Outro]
MIm/SOL   FA#/SOL           SOL 
Nobody here could forget you. 
     MIm/SOL          FA#/SOL     
You showed us what we had to lose.
   SOL  FA#/SOL 
 
You showed us what we had to lose. 
MIm/SOL                  SIm 
You never planned on the bombs in the
 sand 
You never planned on the bombs in the sand 
   DO/SOL                     
or sleeping in your dress blues. 
 SOL                RE 
 
or sleeping in your dress blues.  
MIm/SOL                  SIm 
You never planned on the bombs in the
 sand 
You never planned on the bombs in the sand 
   DO/SOL                     
or sleeping in your dress blues.
 SOL                RE 
 
or sleeping in your dress blues.