Chorus Verse
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D x5777x C#m x4665x
G 35543x C x3555x
F 13321x D x5777x
Am 57755x G x-10-12-12-12-x
[Chorus 1]
D G F Am
All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln
D G F Am
All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln
D G F Am
All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln
D G F Am
All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln
[Verse 1]
C#m C
C#m C
C#m C
At the refreshment stand
C#m C
A boy throws out his hands
C#m C
As if to feed the starlings
C#m C
But really he throws nothing
D G
It's just to watch them jump
D G
See the people coming
C#m C
They're moving over the grass
C#m C
To squeeze into plastic chairs
[Chorus 2]
D G F Am
All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln
D G F Am
All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln
D G F Am
All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln
D G F Am
All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln
[Verse 2]
C#m C
C#m C
C#m C
Three notes, a bugle call
C#m C
A black man in overalls
C#m C
Arrives to empty the trash
C#m C
Hauls it to a metal hatch
D G
A doorway opens up
D G
To the underworld
C#m C
The boy throws empty hands
C#m C
And the starlings jump
[Chorus 3]
D G F Am
All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln
D G F Am
All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln
D G F Am
All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln
D G F Am
All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln