G                 C9    G
Charlie boy, don't go to war,
 C9    G    Em  D/F#  G  
first born in forty-four
 G                 C9
Kennedy made him believe
G     C9    G    Em  D/F#  G
we could do much more

Em    D/F# G    C9   G   D/F#  G
Ooooh-Oo-oooooh-Oo-ooooh-oo-ooooh

 G              C9        G
Lillian, don't hang your head,
C9    G     Em     D/F#  G
love should make you feel good
   G                 C9    G
In uniform you raised a man,
    C9    G    Em  D/F#  G
who vol-un-teered to stand
Em    D/F# G    C9   G   D/F#  G
Ooooh-Oo-oooooh-Oo-ooooh-oo-ooooh (x2)

C9        G      Em       D/F#
Play the bugle, play the taps and
C9         G         D/F#
Make your mothers proud

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C9          G     Em      D/F#
Raise your rifles to the sky boys
C9         G        D/F#
Fire that volley loud
 G              C9      G
News was bad on Upland Ave,
   C9    G     Em  D/F#  G
my touch and mourn our loss
G                     C9      G
Sons rebelled, while fathers yelled,

C9   G   Em   D/F#   G

     C9  G     Em    D/F#  G
and moth-ers clutched the cross

Em    D/F# G    C9   G   D/F#  G
Ooooh-Oo-oooooh-Oo-ooooh-oo-ooooh

C9        G      Em       D/F#
Play the bugle, play the taps and
C9         G         D/F#
Make your mothers proud
C9        G      Em       D/F#
Raise your rifles to the sky boys
C9         G         D/F#
Fire that volley loud

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