Misc Musicals – From Here To Eternity - Thirty Year Man Reprise (Guitar)

         Dm
Hey Coon Rapids, Minnesota

          Dm/C#
I’ve done nearly half my quota

      Dm/C
Of my service to the flag

       G       Bb
(And FDR!) Yes Sir!

            Dm
 I’ve fixed sewage tanks and cookers

             Dm/C#
Screwed more boiler plates than hookers

         Dm/C
Fought a war and revolution

       G             Bb
In the bar (Mine's a beer)(?)

          Dm
Hey there Flagstaff, Arizona

      Dm/C#
I was pond life, misfit, loner

       Dm/C
Till I signed up for this mighty

       G            Bb
Combat crew (That's us)

      Dm
I got buddies I’d lie for

     Dm/C#
At a push I’d even die for

    Dm/C
But you ain’t pushing me

            G
I’m pushing you

Bb       Dm
I wanted out (I wanted out)

       Dm/C#
Wanted nothing anymore

        Dm/C                           G
And the boon is where I knew I’d never win

Bb       Dm
I wanted out (I wanted out)

        Dm/C#                    Dm/C
And the only light I saw was the army

                    G A7
And I knew I wanted in

Dm
  Thirty Year Man

Bb
  Thirty Year Man

C
 Thirty Year Man

Gm
  Thirty Year Man

          Dm
Hey there Mobile, Alabama

       Dm/C#
I done seen the panorama

       Dm/C                          G   Bb
Of the army and it ain’t no piece of ass

      Dm
I got drill fatigue Ravani(?)

         Dm/C#
Ain’t no pussy of Miami

       Dm/C                             G   Bb
I need all my life to be (?)a three day pass

        Dm
Hey now Ethel, Mississippi

          Dm/C#
Well, the man said take my tip

            Dm/C                     G              Bb
He said the army made you manly so I signed (big mistake!)

              Dm
Where there’s platitude there’s liar (?)

              Dm/C#
Where there’s smoke there’s always fire

        Dm/C                               G
And I’m choking ‘cos they don’t respect my kind

Bb          Dm
One thing I want (Nne thing I want)

           Dm/C#
And she’ll see me all alright

     Dm/C                            G
Is a shack-up waiting on the edge of town

Bb         Dm
I want her now (I want her now)

         Dm/C#
But I’ll settle for tonight

        Dm/C                        G   A7
Golden body and this softness going down

Dm
  Thirty Year Man

Bb
  Thirty Year Man

C
 Thirty Year Man

Gm
  Thirty Year Man

          Dm
Hey there Oklahoma City

         Dm/C#
Yeah the sticks was pretty shitty

      Dm/C                       G        Bb
So it didn’t take much for me to sign, ha!

       Dm
But if this is all they muster

         Dm/C#
They can give it back to Custer (Ooooh!)

     Dm/C                         G        Bb
If I listened to my mother I’d be fine (Maamaaa!)

          Dm
Hey there Kansas City, Kansas

          Dm/C#
Don’t you bastards know a man’s as

        Dm/C                         G                Bb
Good as company he keeps and nothing more (Yeah yeah, that's right!)

        Dm
But I’m keeping it with losers

        Dm/C#
Fakers, takers, cheaters, cruisers

         Dm/C                            G   A
And it’s getting far to dark to find the door

D
 Thirty Year Man

D/C
   Thirty Year Man

Bm
  Thirty Year Man

Bb
  Thirty Year Man

D#m              D#m/D
   So the army’s family

   D#m/C#             G#
It feeds me, keeps me well

        B                C#            D#m
And the life outside was sure a living hell.

              D#m/D
So give me my orders, Sergeant

           D#m/C#    G#
Just don’t give me a plan

                     B                     D#m C#
You’ve got your volunteer, Got my name and num-ber

N.C.     D#m
I’m your man

       D#m/D   D#m/C#
Thirty Year Man

       D#m/D    D#m
Thirty Year Man

        D#m/C#  B
Thirty Year Man

       A#
Thirty Year Man

        D#m D#m/C  A#m C#    B
There’s no  one    out there that I miss

D#m D#m/C A#m   C#   B
No  one   cares that I exist

D#m  D#m/C# B C#  G#  A#7
Best thing  I did was enlist

                A#7 D#m
For thirty years