Billy Bragg – Tank Park Salute (Guitar)

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[Verse]
G       D
Kiss me goodnight and say my prayers

Em7                             Cadd9
Leave the light on at the top of the stairs

G                               D           Cadd9
Tell me the names of the stars up in the sky

G       D
A tree taps on the window pane

       Em7      Cm7
That feeling smothers me again

G         D     Cmadd9
Daddy is it true that we all have to die
[Chorus] E shape on 5th Fret slide to third fret At the top of the stairs Is darkness At the top of the stairs Is darkness [Verse]
G       D
I closed my eyes and when I looked

Em7     Cadd9
Your name was in the memorial book

G                           D                        Cadd9
And what had become of all the things we planned

G                       D
I accepted the commiserations

Em7                             Cadd9
Of all your friends and your relations

G                               D                       Cadd9
But there's some things I still don't understand
[Chorus] E shape on 5th Fret slide to third fret You were so tall How could you fall? You were so tall How could you fall? [Verse]
G                           D
Some photographs of a summer's day

Em7                     Cadd9
A little boy's lifetime away

G       D       Cadd9
Is all I'd left of everything we've done

G                            D
Like a pale moon in a sunny sky

Em7     Cadd9
Death gazes down as I pass by

G               D       Cadd9
To remind me that I'm but my father's son
[Chorus] E shape on 5th Fret slide to third fret I offer up to you This tri-bute I offer up to you This tank park salute