Tom: D
D A
Oh, I am the Unknown Soldier who died in World War Two.
G D G
I didn't want to fight, it was the only thing to do.
D
E|was| the victim of a world that went insane--
G D A D
Will you show me that I didn't die in vain.
G D
Remember me, when the crosses are a burnin',
A D
Remember me, when the racists come around.
G D
Remember me, when the tides of peace are turnin',
A G D A D
Remember me and please don't let me down.
D A
On the South Pacific Islands and the Iwo Jima sands
G D
We raised the flag of freedom over many distant lands
D
And every time I killed a man my own heartfelt the pain--
G D A D
Will you show me that I didn't die in vain.
G D
Remember me, when the crosses are a burnin',
A D
Remember me, when the racists come around.
G D
Remember me, when the tides of peace are turnin',
A G D A D
Remember me and please don't let me down.
D A
And I carried my old rifle to the European shore
G D
And every friend that died made me die a little more.
D
Have pity on the man who put a bullet through my brain
G D A D
And show me that I didn't die in vain.
G D
Remember me, when the crosses are a burnin',
A D
Remember me, when the racists come around.
G D
Remember me, when the tides of peace are turnin',
A G D A D
Remember me and please don't let me down.
D A
When the Fascists started marching many millions had to pay;
G D
We saw them rise to power but we looked the other way.
D
It happened once before and it can happen once again--
G D A D
Will you show me that I didn't die in vain.
G D
Remember me, when the crosses are a burnin',
A D
Remember me, when the racists come around.
G D
Remember me, when the tides of peace are turnin',
A G D A D
Remember me and please don't let me down.
