Tom: Bb

F  Eb  Bb  Cm
Bb Eb  F


[Verse 1]
Bb                   F
  I don’t smell your bourbon today
     Eb                  Bb
Just   car exhaust and a drizzle on the dirt
Cm               Bb
  Waiting on the city bus
Eb                    F
  At Constitution and 21st

Bb                       F
A kid sits down with his face to his phone
Eb                       Bb
  If you were here I can just hear what you’d say
Cm                  Bb
  “Try being 19 in ‘69 boy”
Eb                     F
  Spitting Sunny Brook right in his face


[Chorus]
Dm                      Eb
  You shot ‘em down in ‘73
    Bb              F
The war was all but over
Dm                Eb
  Took a month to make it home
    Bb                        F
And six more before you could hold her
Cm                   Gm
  Somewhere on these city streets
              Eb               Bb
You lost your will and your composure
Cm           F            Bb
  The war is anything but over


[Verse 2]
Bb                           F
You’d take me once a week to walk that wall
     Eb                   Bb
That   does not bear your name
Cm                  Bb
  Relive the war, relive the return
Eb                      F
  To the girl who never   took your name

Bb                F
  As far as I can tell
             Eb             Bb
That was the only thing she didn’t take
Cm                 Bb
  The girl and the war always left me
Eb                    F
  Not knowing what to say


[Chorus]
Dm                      Eb
  You shot ‘em down in ‘73
    Bb              F
The war was all but over
Dm                Eb
  Took a month to make it home
    Bb                        F
And six more before you could hold her
Cm                   Gm
  Somewhere on these city streets
              Eb               Bb
You lost your will and your composure
Cm           F            Bb
  The war is anything but over


Fb  F  Eb  Bb
Cm  Bb Eb  F


[Verse 3]
Bb                  F
  Haven’t seen you around in a spell
             Eb                 Bb
I hear you’re   drying out, and raising hell
  Cm                          Bb
A friend locked you in at the Stardust
Eb                      F
  Poor man’s rehab is a cheap motel, cause

Bb                      F
  Sometimes an outsider knows what you need
Eb                          Bb
  Better than anyone you’ve ever tried to be
Cm                    Bb
  No one picks a fight  they think they would lose
   Eb                  F
But   some battles you don’t get to choose


[Chorus]
Dm                      Eb
  You shot ‘em down in ‘73
    Bb              F
The war was all but over
Dm                Eb
  Took a month to make it home
    Bb                        F
And six more before you could hold her
Cm                   Gm
  Somewhere on these city streets
              Eb               Bb
You lost your will and your composure
Cm           F            Bb
  The war is anything but over


[Outro]
Cm           F            Bb
  The war is anything but over

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