Key of G -> Capo 4 = Key of B
Chords are basically the same throughout.
Intro/verses: 2x
e|--x-x--------x-3-------x-3
B|--3-3--------x-3-------x-3
G|--0h2--------0-0-------x-0
D|--0-0--------2-2-------x-0
A|--x-x--------0h3-------2-2
E|--x-x--------x-x-------3-3
Oh Mother are you sleepin ?
Did you pray for me tonight?
Cause I m alone here on this front line
Hoping I might get back home alive.
I see the bullets flyin ,
And I feel the bombs explode.
I close my eyes and pull this trigger
And kill these people I don t even know.
Chorus playing this:
e|-----------------------|
B|--1--0-------1--0------|
G|--------2----------2---|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
And Mother, please forgive me
For these things that I have seen and done.
I hope I can still get home to heaven.
I wish I had a bible Instead of this damn gun.
Interlude goes, very basically, something like this (relative to capo)
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|--2s4s5---4s2s4--2p0h2-|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
Got 60 pounds upon my back.
Machine gun in my hand.
All day long clearin burned out shacks.
All these things I know I ll never understand.
For next chorus a 2nd guitar plays this:
e|--3-2----3-2----3-2---|
B|------3------3------3-|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
And Mother, please forgive me
For these things that I have seen and done.
I hope I can still get home to heaven.
I wish I had a bible
Instead of this damn gun.
Oh, I wish I had a bible
Instead of this damn gun.
Oh, I wish that I could tell you
I was safe away from harm,
But everytime I close my eyes
Mama, I wish you could hold me in your arms.
And Mother, please forgive me
For these things that I have seen and done.
I hope I can still get home to heaven.
I wish I had a bible
Instead of this damn gun.
And Mother, please forgive me
For these things that I have seen and done.
I hope I can still get home to heaven.
I wish I had a bible
Instead of this damn gun.
Oh, I wish I had a bible
Instead of this damn gun.