Rich Man’s War Steve Earle
Rich Man?s War
By Steve Earle
paulbrosseau@comcast.net
October 2004
[E]Jimmy joined the army ?cause he had no place t[B7]o go[E]
There ain[F#m]?t nobody hirin? ?round here since all the jobs went down to Mexico
[A] [F#m]
[B7]Reckoned that he?d learn himself a trade maybe see the world
[A]Move to the city some day and m[F#m]arry a black haire[B7]d girl
[A]Somebody somewhere had another plan[E]
[A]Now he?s got a rifle in his[E] hand
Rollin? into Bagdhad wonderin? how[B7] he got this far[C#m]
[E]Just another poor boy off to f[B7]ight a rich man?s war[E]
[E] [A] [E] [B7]
[E]Bobby had an eagle and a flag tatto[B7]oed on his arm[E]
Red white and blue to the bone the day he landed in Kandahar[F#m]
[A]Left behind a pretty young wife and [F#m]a baby girl[B7]
[A]A stack of overdue bills [F#m]and went off to save the [B7]world
[A]Been a year no and he?s s[E]till there
[A]Chasin? ghosts in the thin d[E]ry air
Meanwhile back at home the finance company[B7] took his car[C#m]
[E]Just another poor boy off to f[B7]ight a rich man?s war[E]
[E] [A] [E] [B7]
[E] [A] [E] [B7]
[C#m]When will we eve[A]r learn
[C#m]When will we eve[B7]r see
[C#m]Stand up and t[A]ake our turn
[C#m]Tellin? our[B7]selves we?re free
[E]Ali was the second son of [B7]a second son[E]
Grew up in Gaza throwin? bottles and rock when the tanks would com[F#m]e
[A]Ain?t nothin? else to do around [F#m]here just a game children play[B7]
[A]Somethin? about livin? in [F#m]fear all your life makes you hard [B7]that way
[A]He answered when he got the cal[E]l
[A]Wrapped himself in death and he p[E]raised Allah
A fat man in a new Mercedes drove [B7]him to the door[C#m]
[E]Just another poor boy off to f[B7]ight a rich man?s wa[E]r
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