SSgt. Barry Sadler

Im A Lucky One

SSgt. Barry Sadler


Tom: C

B C   B C

C                  G        C
I'm going home, my tour is done
C              Am B     G        C
I'm going home,  I'm a lucky one
C   F  A                  F
But I left friends behind me
               C
Who won't come home no more

Yes, many friends remain forever
G              C       B C
On that bloody shore


C
But at night when I sleep
  G                     C
I know my dreams will be, about my friends
        G         C
I left across the sea
C         F                                 C
I'll hear Virba, Young, and Horn laugh again out loud
                       G              C    B C
We'll all be together in a happy crowd


C                   Am               G           C
But then I hear the sound of bullets whining overhead
                            G                          C  Am
Feel the crash of mortars, and all my friends are dead
C     F                             C
My friends they fought and gave their all
      Am          F         G       C         C Db
My friends they died for freedom's call


Db                             Ab                Db
As my dream is ending, they'll come and say good bye
                            Ab        Db
Though I'm sound asleep, a tear I'll cry
Gb                                              Db
And they say something which fills my heart with pain:
                                    Ab            Db    C Db
Tell them about us, Sadler; don't let us die in vain


Db                   Ab     Db
I'm going home, my tour is done
Db               Ab         Db      C Db   C Db
I'm going home, I'm a lucky one