Tom: C
G
too shy to get a date
C
enlisted in the infantry
F
spring of ’68
C
the army taught him how to march
G
stuck him on a jet
C
had him crawling in a tunnel
F C
right after tet
C
with a flashlight
G C
and a 45
C
It was a long way to go
G
for a boy named charlie
C
there were snakes there was jungle
F
there was all kinds of gnarly
C
fighting somebody
G
everybody called charlie
Am
a mean kind of joke
F C
charlie fighting charlie
[Chorus]
Am
way down in a tunnel
G
where the fallen angels dwell
C
there is a quiet young man
F
crawling into hell
C G C
with a flashlight and a 45
Am
charlie fighting charlie
F
trying to survive
Am
charlie fighting charlie
F Dm F C F
just to stay alive
[Verse]
C
he came back home
G
drove real fast
C
a hopped up super sport
F
six speeds of bad ass
C
stop light dragging
G
fastest thing around
Am F
all jacked up and screaming through town
Am G F
whistling past the grave yard coming undone
[Interlude]
Am F
Am F
C G C
[Verse]
C
then he married a good woman
G
got a black land farm
C
they had a little girl
F
daddy’s lucky little charm
C G
got a neighbor who served in wwII
C
he never said much
F
always kind of blue
C
always kind of blue
G
they'd have a drink or two
C
charlie and old man
F
same kind of blue
[Chorus]
Am
way down in a tunnel
G
where the fallen angels dwell
C
there is a quiet young man
F
crawling into hell
C G C
with a flashlight and a 45
Am
charlie fighting charlie
F
trying to survive
Am
charlie fighting charlie
F
just to stay alive
Am
charlie fighting charlie
F
trying to survive
Am F
charlie fighting charlie
[Chorus]
F Am
he said the only time
F C
he ever felt alive
was crawling through a tunnel
F C
with a loaded 45
Am
charlie fighting charlie
F
trying to survive
Am G F C F
it was the only time he ever felt alive
