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	C	G
Now the	Captain called me	to his bed

	F	C
He f	umbled for my h	and

	F	C
"T	ake these silver b	ars," he said

	G	C
"I'm g	iving you co	mmand."

	C	Em
"Com	mand of what, there's	no one here

	F	C
There's o	nly you and	me

	G
All the r	est are dead or in retreat

	F	C
Or w	ith the e	nemy."

	C	G
"Comp	lain, complain, that's a	ll you've done

	F	C
E	ver since we l	ost

	F	C
If it's n	ot the Crucif	ixion

	G	C
Then i	t's the Holoc	aust."

	C	Em
"May Ch	rist have mercy	on your soul

	F	C
For	making such a	joke

	G
Am	id these hearts that burn like coal

	F	C
And the fl	esh that rose like sm	oke."

	C	G
"I k	now that you have s	uffered, lad

	F	C
But s	uffer this awh	ile

	F	C
What	ever makes a s	oldier sad

	G	C
Will m	ake a killer sm	ile."

	C	Em
"I'm le	aving, Captain, I've	got to go

	F	C
There's bl	ood upon your h	and

	G
But t	ell me, Captain, if you know

	F	C
Of a d	ecent place to st	and."

	C	G
"There	is no decent pl	ace to stand

	F	C
	In a massa	cre

	F	C
But	if a woman t	ake your hand

	G	C
Then	go and stand with	her."

	C	Em
"I l	eft a wife in T	ennessee

	F	C
And a b	aby in Sai	gon

	G
I r	isked my life but not to hear

	F	C
Some co	untry-western s	ong."

	C	G
"Ah, but	if you cannot ra	ise your love

	F	C
To a v	ery high deg	ree

	F	C
Then you're j	ust the man I've been th	inking of

	G	C
So c	ome and stand with	me."

	C	Em
"Your st	anding days are d	one," I cried,

	F	C
"You'll r	ally me no m	ore

	G
	I don't even know what side

	F	C
We fo	ught on, or what f	or."

	C	G
"I'm	on the side that's a	lways lost

	F	C
Ag	ainst the side of H	eaven

	F	C
I'm	on the side of Sn	ake-eyes tossed

	G	C
Ag	ainst the side of S	even

	C	Em
And I've r	ead the Bill of H	uman Rights

	F	C
And s	ome of it was t	rue

	G
But there w	asn't any burden left

	F	C
So I'm la	ying it on y	ou."

	C	G
Now the C	aptain he was d	ying

	F	C
But the C	aptain wasn't h	urt

	F	C
The s	ilver bars were	in my hand

	G	C
I pi	nned them to my sh	irt

	C	Em	F	C
	G	G...

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