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
