Kevin Devine – Private First Class (Guitar)

Capo 3
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As recorded by Kevin Devine (From the 2013 Album BUBBLEGUM) [Intro] Dm Bb Dm Bb C [Verse 1]
F                                   Am   F
Private Manning standing in a court room

Bb                                  C
Pleading guilty; she shouldn't have to

F                                                 Am     F
Truth be told, she should be floating down parade routes

Bb                                               C
But - the truth WAS told, and what good did that do?
[Chorus]
      Gm      C Dm
If it was you

                                 Bb F
You might wish you'd been born a liar

Dm                               Bb F
You might wish you'd been born a liar

Dm                               Bb F
You might wish you'd been born a liar

  Bb F
A liar

  Bb C
A coward
[Verse 2]
F                                           Am  F
Her conscience barked as she watched our Apache

Bb                      C
Cowboy-kill civilian Iraqis

F                                       Am
Their laughter rolled like tanks over bodies

F             Bb                                C
She thought: "What if everyone could see what I see?"
[Chorus]
      Gm      C Dm
If it was you

                                 Bm F
You might wish you'd been born a liar

Dm                               Bb F
You might wish you'd been born a liar

Dm                               Bb F
You might wish you'd been born a liar

  Bb F
A liar

    C
A coward
[Bridge]
              Gm
9 months in a hole

             Dm
3 years in a cage

             Am
For having a soul

         Bb
The American way

              Gm
9 months in a hole

             Dm
3 years in a cage

             Am
For having a soul

             Dm
The American way
[Guitar Solo] Bb Dm F Bb B C Db Dm [Out-Chorus]
      Gm      C Dm
If it was you

                                 Bm F
You might wish you'd been born a liar

Dm                               Bb F
You might wish you'd been born a liar

Dm                               Bb F
You might wish you'd been born a liar

  Bb F
A liar

    C
A coward

          Dm    F  Bb  Db  Dm
And not a hero