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19 Miles To Baghdad by Lizzie West & The White Buffalo
19 Miles To Baghdad
Tuning: E A D G B E
[Intro]
G Am G
[Chorus]
G Am G
19 miles to Baghdad, what have I become?
Am G
New York’s got snow in April, and I can’t locate the sun.
Am
Tie a yellow ribbon around something;
G
something good has begun.
[Verse]
Am
Katy holds up the bible:
G
"Are you reading this for fun?"
[Chorus]
Am
19 miles to Baghdad,
G
soldiers load up your guns, and...
Am
Tie a yellow ribbon around something;
G
something good has begun.
[Verse]
Am
The boy in the middle, he sits down to pray.
G
He moves to the window, I can see him as he waves.
G
"Hey, Mike! Look out!"
Am
Mike calls back: "Billy, I'll be careful!
G
I’m just trying to be brave.
[Chorus]
Am
So, tie a yellow ribbon around something;
G
something lives beyond the grave.
[Instrumental]
Am G Am G
[Verse]
C Em7
The field reveals that something was concealed.
G Am
We make a deal to feel again,
G Am
to ask what is the means onto our end.
Em7 G
What is the cause that we defend?
[Instrumental]
G Am G Am G
[Verse]
G Am
The flag is flying across the country,
G
me and the band we play the bars.
Am
And Glynn, she points out to the highway,
G
flags fly the highest where the people buy their cars.
[Chorus]
Am
She says: "19 miles to Baghdad;
G
I guess we haven’t come so far."
[Verse]
Am
Two planes are flying accross the country,
G
New York’s so pretty in the fall.
G
"Hey, Mike! Look out!
Am
Mike calls back: "Billy, I'll be careful!
G
I’m sure they built them to stand so tall.
[Chorus]
Am
19 miles to Baghdad.
G Am
They fall, and were called... to tie a yellow ribbon around something;
G
something good has begun.
Am
Tie a yellow ribbon around something;
G
what have we become...
[Outro]
G Am G
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