Sending the Old Man Home Jimmy Buffett
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(G)They're sending the (G/B)old (A#x)man (G)home
Back where the (G/B)buffa(A#x)lo (D7)roam
Out (C) in the (Am7)Pacific(D7sus4)
they (G)say he (F#)was the (E7)best
(A7)Now he's in his (A7sus4)civvies
(A7)headin' (D7)home like all the rest
(G)He'll never for (G/B)get (A#x)Rosa (G)Lee
Or (G)sleepless nights he (G7)fought upon the (C)sea
He'll only have the (Am7)memor(D7sus4)ies
or (G)great books (F#)by James (E7)Jones
Cause they're (Am)sending the (D)old (D7)man (G)home
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Far(C)away (far away) Far(G)away (far away)
Another (A)life so (Asus4)very f(A)ar a(D)way
INSTRUMENTAL:
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[C] [Am7] [D7sus4] [G] [F#] [E7]
[Am] [D] [D7] [G]
(G)They'll tear down the (G/B)off(A#x)icer's cl(G)ub
And write off the (G/B)over(A#x)due (D7)subs
So (C)let's drink to their (Am7)memor(D7sus4)ies
our he(G)roes (F#)and our (E7)pals
To those (A7)crazy Navy (A7sus4)flyers,
(A7) to those (D7)swell Hawaiian gals
The (G)sailors will (G/B)dance (A#x)in the (G)streets
Then (G)they'll mothball the (G7)whole damn (C)fleet
We'll only have the (Am7)picture (D7sus4)books
of (G)land, (F#)sea and (E7)foam,
Cause they're (Am)sending the (D)old (D7)man (G)home
ENDING:
He'll (C))only have his (C#x)memories
or (G)great books (F#)by James (E7)Jones
Cause they're (Am)sending the (D)old (D7)man (Eb)home(G)
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