Big & Rich – 8Th Of November (Guitar)

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Chords

D* = Optional; Big Kenny plays it live. Don't be afraid to let chords ring, e.g., only strum F once before G on "saw the eagle fly". [Intro] A D A G D x2 [Verse 1]
A                               D*                A
Said goodbye to his momma as he left South Dakota

G                              D
to fight for the red white and blue

A                              D*       A
He was nineteen in green with a new M-16

G                         D
Just doing what he had to do

A                                     D*                   A
He was dropped in the jungle where the choppers would rumble

G                               D
With the smell of napalm in the air

A
And the sergeant said

G           D
Look up ahead

A                           D*                A
Like a dark evil cloud twelve hundred came down

G                      D
On him and twenty-nine more

A                               D*              A
They fought for their lives but most of them died

G            D
In the 173rd airborne
[Chorus]
A                            D*             A
On the 8th of November the angels were crying

G                            D
As they carried his brothers away

A                                  D*          A
With the fire raining down and the hell all around

G                                     D
There were few men left standing that day

F                          G
Saw an eagle fly through a clear blue sky

F              G
Nineteen-sixty-five

 N.C.          A    D* A  G    D
The 8th of November
[Verse 2]
A                             D*           A
Now he's fifty-eight and his ponytail's gray

G                                 D
But the battle still plays in his head

A                               D*               A
He limps when he walks but he's strong when he talks

G                                    D
About the shrapnel they left in his leg

A                           D*        A
He puts on a suit over his airborne tattoo

G                        D
He ties it on one time a year

A                              D*              A
And remembers the fallen as he orders a tall one

G                             D
And swallows it down with his tears
[Chorus]
A                            D*             A
On the 8th of November the angels were crying

G                            D
As they carried his brothers away

A                                  D*          A
With the fire raining down and the hell all around

G                                     D
There were few men left standing that day

F                          G
Saw an eagle fly through a clear blue sky

F              G
Nineteen-sixty-five

 N.C.          A    D* A  G    D
The 8th of November
[Interlude] A D* A G D [Bridge]
F                           G           F
Saw an eagle fly through a clear blue sky

F              G
Nineteen-sixty-five

           A    D*     A   G      D
The 8th of November
[Verse 3]
A                            D*             A
On the 8th of November the angels were crying

G                            D
As they carried his brothers away

A                                  D*          A
With the fire raining down and the hell all around

G                                     D
There were few men left standing that day

A                            D*             A
On the 8th of November the angels were crying

G                            D
As they carried his brothers away

A                                  D*          A
With the fire raining down and the hell all around

G                                     D
There were few men left standing that day
[Outro]
A                               D*              A
Said goodbye to his momma as he left South Dakota

G                              F
To fight for the red white and blue

A                               D* 
He was nineteen in green with a new M-16

G                         D
Just doing what he had to do