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Dad, what did you do in the war?
Gm
Something to answer for?
F
You say too young I am to know
GmEb
Dad, I've heard you cry at night
Gm
Mournful and desperate blight
F
Where did you learn that song you sing
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'War is in me! I was the war!
GmF
And your praying brings back the suffering
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No, please, don't start to cry
CmEb
I only pray you'll never know
GmF
The things I see every time I close my eyes
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Angels still have faces'
Gm
What did you do in the war, dad, tell me
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Why can't you smile when the children sing
GmEbBbF
Did the wages of war cut your soaring wings
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And your soul is now torn, unlike mine
CmBbEb
Do you fear yesterday will in someway
F
Define the life of your child?
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Dad, I know what you did in the war
Gm
Deeds devils would abhor
F
Did you filfil the oath you swore?
GmEb
Dad, did you do it for me?
Gm
Their blood for my life to live
F
In the hollow without reprieve, without you
CmEb
'War is in me! I am the war!
GmF
Don't you force me to live the nightmare again!
CmEbGm
Please, don't make my cry
CmEb
My son, you never ever want to know
GmF
How when guarding your sleep serene I hear
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The silence of the children who sang'
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Far and beyond the stars there's
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A place where all the love,
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All the goodness we could have still resides
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But we choose life away from the light
CmDEb
You can find ghosts of loss in the gaze of your
F
Beautiful child