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The Red & White by Julian Austin
The Red & White
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
C G Am
F C G C
[Verse 1]
C
Harvey McPhee was my father
G
Harvey served in World War Two
F Am
Just like him they were all young men
G
Lord knows what they went through
F G
I remember on Remembrance Day
C G Am
Dad saluted those who fought and died
F
I can't imagine what he was thinking
G
When I saw the tears in my father's eyes
[Chorus]
Em Am
This country these days it seems
Em Am
Is not proud as it should be
F Em G
Do we care about our Heroes anymore
F G
Do we take the time to thank a soldier
C G Am
For everything they do
F G
Have we forgotten those brave souls who fought and died
C
For the Red and White
[Verse 2]
C
I knew a man who served in Korea
G
He came back a different man
F Am
He went over for his country
G
To fight in a foreign land
F G
He took to pills and the bottle
C G Am
To numb his nightmares and his pain
F
He went to war barely 19
G
Bob Archer was his name
[Chorus]
Em Am
This country these days it seems
Em Am
Is not proud as it should be
F Em G
Do we care about our Heroes anymore
F G
Do we take the time to thank a soldier
C G Am
For everything they do
F G
Have we forgotten those brave souls who fought and died
C
For the Red and White
[Verse 3]
C#
Coporal Jamie Murphy
G#
Just twentysix from Newfoundland
F# A#m
Was days away from coming home
G#
When he was killed in Afghanistan
F# G#
He never had a hope in hell
C# G# A#m
Al-Qaida bomber took his life
F#
So far away from his home, on Green Route Road
G#
That solider died for the Red and White
[Alt. chorus]
F A#m
This country sometimes
F A#m
Makes me so damn mad I could cry
F# F G#
Cause we never thank our heros enough anymore
F# G#
How many of us thank a soldier
C# G# A#m
For everything they do
F# G#
We can't forget all those who serve who sacrifice
A#m
All for the Red and White
F# G#
Lest we forget our heros, who fought and died
F# G#
For the Red and White
A#m F# G# C#
For the Red and White
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