2 acessos
D Dsus4 D Dsus4 [Verse 1] D A Bm William always wanted to be a soldier G F#sus4 F# Bm “Army men were his favorite toys” tells his mother D F#m Bm He was going to be the hero of the story Em F#sus4 F# Bm Live with honor or die in a blaze of glory [Chorus 1] G D/F# So he joined when he was seventeen Em D/F# Kissed his mom goodbye G D/F# She wept as she packed his duffel bag Em Bm A With notes of love and pride G D/F# She’d never guess six years from then Em D/F# Tortured and alone G Em Bm Asus4 William wouldn’t die in fields unknown A He died at home [Instrumental] D Dsus4 D Dsus4 [Verse 2] D A Bm He loved the army, it’s all he ever wanted G F#sus4 F# Bm A/C# To serve his country and look death in the face undaunted D F#m Bm But after a couple of tours, the fire in him died Em F#sus4 F# Bm You can’t watch friends be killed and stay the same inside [Chorus 2] G D He told his mom “you’d hate me Em D If you knew the things I’ve done” G D “I will never hate you Em Bm Asus4 A You are my beloved son” G D He said, “no mom, the son you loved Em D Died somewhere over there” G Em Bm Asus4 But William didn’t die in the combat zone A He died at home [Instrumental] D Em D/F# G D G A/C# [Verse 3] D A Bm He came back ill at ease with civilians G F#sus4 F# Bm His mother woke to screaming – it was William’s D F#m Bm The army shrugged and gave him more prescriptions Em F#sus4 F# Bm As William’s mind grew more and more distant [Chorus 3] G D Before he died he told his mom Em D “Don’t bury me in my uniform G D No military funeral Em D That’s for some who gave their all” A E/G# One night he shot the soldier dead F#m E/G# To kill the voices in his head A E/G# They gathered at the weekly wake F#m E/G# They have at every army base B F#/A# ‘Cause more will die by their own hand G#m F#/A# Than fall in any foreign land B F#/A# They covered William in the flag G#m F#/A# But there was not a boast or brag B F#/A# When asked how soldier William died G#m C# D#m No one mentions suicide B F#/A# C#sus4 C# The cause of death is hard to say out loud B F#/A# C#sus4 C# The soldier who once stood so strong and proud B G#m C#sus4 His mother looks away and simply moans C# He died at home