Tom: D [Intro] G G C G Mother,try to do right by you C G To do what you asked me to D G C G I did wrong and I knew G C G Mother I tried to behave for you C G Now I'm a digging a grave for you D G C G It was all I could do D C Find a way back home, make everything new G But I wish it was true ( C G C ) ( G C G ) G C G Father, well I gave my soul to you C G I came in blind folded for you D G C G It was all that I knew D C Open your arms and I'll fly out of hell up to you G C G I wish it was true Am C Boy come on out from the cold G Your lost outside there, don't you know D It's not what you say it's what you do Am Just keep wishing your wishes are true C Well your dreams they're reality now G There's no pain there's no misery D Just polish the blood and the bruise C There's just no way you can lose G C G But I wish it was true G C G Country, I was a soldier for you C G I did what you asked me to D G C G It was wrong and you knew G C G Country, now I'm just a stranger to you C G A number a name it's true D G C G Throw me away when you're through D C Home of the brave and free, the red white and blue G But I wish it was true ( G C G )