Corb Lund – Sadr City (Guitar)
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[Verse 1]
D F# Honey, don't tell the boys I been talkin' like this Em D 'Cause I can't have 'em thinkin' I'm scared D F# Truth is I ain't afraid a'nothin' no more Em D I'm tired and I just don't care D F# How many tours is too many tours Em D My baby she'd like to know F# 'Cause always there at the back a'my mind Em D Is that Jody's there when I go
[Chorus]
D Am Never let 'em send me back to Sadr City D Am Never let 'em send me back D Am Some shit went down, down in Sadr City D C Some shit went down in Iraq D I ain't goin' back
[Verse 2]
D F# Well I was there in '04 when it first got hot Em D And Muqtada's local fighters emerged D F# Earned a Purple Heart via Seven-Six-Two Em D And another later during the Surge D F# Didn't know nothin' back then, didn't care Em D It was get it on and kick us some ass D F# Couldn't tell a Sunni from a Shia from the Kurds Em D But they educated me pretty fast
[Chorus]
D Am Never let 'em send me back to Sadr City D Am Never let 'em send me back D Am Some shit went down, down in Sadr City D C Some shit went down in Iraq C I ain't goin' back
[Verse 3]
D F# Well it was pretty touch n'go from the very first light Em D Fiercest action that I'd ever seen D F# Ambush come and we hadda' dismount Em D Get busy, fight it out in the streets D F# Well all hell broke loose, takin' fire from the rooftops Em D Haji launchin' RPGs D F# Fightin' runnin' battles with militias in the alleys Em D Draggin' on and on week after week D F# Takin' hits at fifty metres from a shrine nearby Em D But they wouldn't let us light up a mosque D F# Then our tanks rolled in, real hard real heavy Em D But they couldn't help the guys that we lost
[Chorus]
D Am Never let 'em send me back to Sadr City D Am Never let 'em send me back D Am Some shit went down, down in Sadr City D C Some shit went down in Iraq D I ain't goin' back
[Verse 4]
D F# Well I don't know if it matters to the folks back home Em D But they say they're all supportin' the troops D F# There's no time anyway to be dwelling on that Em D Out here thinkin's only for fools D F# And as long as there's no lack of young man willin' Em D To ride to the sound of the guns D F# I'll be waking up dreaming of the Mahdi Army Em D And of both sides losing their sons
[Final Chorus]
D Am They ain't a-gonna send me back to Sadr City D Am They ain't a-gonna send me back D Am My orders came through and babe it isn't pretty D C It's Afghanistan instead of Iraq C They're sending me back