Tonart: B major
Verse 1
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C
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D
I still
G
C
have his last letter
G
That he wrote from Sniper's Hill
C
I still cry when I read it,
G
D
Though it was his master's will.
G
I will read it once again,
C
Pretty soon it will be done,
G
My heart bleeds as I'm reading
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G
these last words from Vietnam
forgive me honey
G
for starting out like this
But I just got your letter
and the little picture of our first baby
G
calling you little mother
C
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Be sure to take this picture every week
and send it to me
D
I want to watch him grow.
Show him my picture and say,
And when I come home,
he'll know who I am.
And if I don't come home,
C
I want him to know why.
Things are pretty rough here in Vietnam.
G
It's much worse than I ever
thought it would be,
D
but I'm glad to be doing my
Freedom wouldn't mean much to me
if I wasn't concerned about freedom
C
G
C
for all who wanted to be free.
We are located in a Valley
G
just below Sniper's Hill.
That's what we call it for
if we as much as show the top
G
C
a Sniper's bullet will whiz by.
G
We're waiting now for reinforcements
D
so we can blast them off that hill.
It's all we can do.
They've got us pinned down here
We can't retreat nor advance.
And already they've killed or wounded
And believe me, honey,
it's hell to be so helpless,
G
unable to go to a crying for help
D
but that's what war is and I'm
G
sure there are some fighting
on the other side
C
that feels the same way I do the only
difference is I know what I'm fighting for
G
and they don't if anything happens to
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me before I can send this letter
I'm sure someone will see that you get it
G
and if the worst should come
I want you to know
D
my last thoughts were of you
and my son whom I'll never
G
Be sure to tell him when he's old enough
that he can hold his
head high and be proud,
for his daddy died fighting
and his loved ones.
And when his daddy marched,
who stood proud and tall,
D
G
not in protest, but in humility,
regretting that they have
but one life to give.
And when you say your prayers tonight,
honey,
as I know you always do,
include every man, woman and child
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C
in this war -torn country,
and especially for all who may find
G
their last resting place here,
D
at the foot of Sniper's Hill,
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D
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Goodbyes were never spoken,
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but there'll be another dawn,
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There'll be peace up in heaven,
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for the head of Vietnam.
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