Tono: A
Am
Am
Gm
Eb
Dad, what did you do in the war?
Gm
Something to answer for?
F
You say too young I am to know
Gm
Eb
Dad, I've heard you cry at night
Gm
Mournful and desperate blight
F
Where did you learn that song you sing
Gm
D
Eb
Bb
Cm
D
Eb
F
Gm
D
Eb
Bb
Cm
D
Eb
F
Cm
Eb
"War is in me! I was the war!
Gm
F
And your praying brings back the suffering
Cm
Eb
Gm
No, please, don't start to cry
Cm
Eb
I only pray you'll never know
Gm
F
The things I see every time I close my eyes
Cm
Eb
Gm
F
Angels still have faces"
Gm
What did you do in the war, dad, tell me
Eb
Bb
F
Why can't you smile when the children sing
Gm
Eb
Bb
F
Did the wages of war cut your soaring wings
Gm
Eb
Bb
And your soul is now torn, unlike mine
Cm
Bb
Eb
Do you fear yesterday will in someway
F
Define the life of your child?
Am
E
Am
E
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C#
F#m
C#
F#m
Gm
Eb
Dad, I know what you did in the war
Gm
Deeds devils would abhor
F
Did you filfil the oath you swore?
Gm
Eb
Dad, did you do it for me?
Gm
Their blood for my life to live
F
In the hollow without reprieve, without you
Cm
Eb
"War is in me! I am the war!
Gm
F
Don't you force me to live the nightmare again!
Cm
Eb
Gm
Please, don't make my cry
Cm
Eb
My son, you never ever want to know
Gm
F
How when guarding your sleep serene I hear
Cm
Eb
Gm
F
The silence of the children who sang"
Gm
D
Eb
Bb
Cm
D
Eb
F
Gm
D
Eb
Far and beyond the stars there's
Bb
Cm
A place where all the love,
D
Eb
F
All the goodness we could have still resides
Gm
D
Eb
Bb
But we choose life away from the light
Cm
D
Eb
You can find ghosts of loss in the gaze of your
F
Beautiful child