| E | B7 | E | |
| Jimmy joined the army 'cause he had no place t | o go |
| F#m | |
| There ain | 't nobody hirin' 'round here since all the jobs went down to Mexico |
| B7 | |
| Reckoned that he'd learn himself a trade maybe see the world |
| A | F#m | B7 | |
| Move to the city some day and m | arry a black haire | d girl |
| A | E | |
| Somebody somewhere had another plan |
| A | E | |
| Now he's got a rifle in his | hand |
| B7 | C#m | |
| Rollin' into Bagdhad wonderin' how | he got this far |
| E | B7 | E | |
| Just another poor boy off to f | ight a rich man's war |
| E | A | E | B7 | |
| E | B7 | E | |
| Bobby had an eagle and a flag tatto | oed on his arm |
| F#m | |
| Red white and blue to the bone the day he landed in Kandahar |
| A | F#m | B7 | |
| Left behind a pretty young wife and | a baby girl |
| A | F#m | B7 | |
| A stack of overdue bills | and went off to save the | world |
| A | E | |
| Been a year now and he's s | till there |
| A | E | |
| Chasin' ghosts in the thin d | ry air |
| B7 | C#m | |
| Meanwhile back at home the finance company | took his car |
| E | B7 | E | |
| Just another poor boy off to f | ight a rich man's war |
| E | A | E | B7 | |
| C#m | A | |
| When will we eve | r learn |
| C#m | B7 | |
| When will we eve | r see |
| C#m | A | |
| Stand up and t | ake our turn |
| C#m | B7 | |
| Tellin' our | selves we're free |
| E | B7 | E | |
| Ali was the second son of | a second son |
| F#m | |
| Grew up in Gaza throwin' bottles and rocks when the tanks would com | e |
| A | F#m | B7 | |
| Ain't nothin' else to do around | here just a game children play |
| A | F#m | B7 | |
| Somethin' about livin' in | fear all your life makes you hard | that way |
| A | E | |
| He answered when he got the cal | l |
| A | E | |
| Wrapped himself in death and he p | raised Allah |
| B7 | C#m | |
| A fat man in a new Mercedes drove | him to the door |
| E | B7 | E | |
| Just another poor boy off to f | ight a rich man's wa | r |