Til the Last Shot's Fired
Trace AdkinsVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Dsus4
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I was there in the winter of '64, camped in the ice at Nashville's door.
Three-hundred miles our trail had led, we barely had time to bury our dead.
When the yankees charged and the colors fell, Overton Hill was a living hell.
When we called retreat it was almost dark,
I died with a grape-shot in my heart.
Say a prayer for peace, for every fallen son.
Set my spirit free, let me lay down my gun.
Sweet Mother Mary, I'm so tired,
but I can't come home til the last shot's fired.
In June of 1944, I waded in the blood of Omaha's shore.
Twenty-one and scared to death, my heart poundin' in my chest.
I almost made the first sea wall, when my friends turned and saw me fall.
I still smell the smoke, I can taste the mud,
as I lay there dying from a loss of blood.
I'm in the fields of Vietnam, the mountains of Afghanistan,
And I'm still hopin', waitin', prayin' I did not die in vain.
reprise)
Say a prayer for peace, for every fallen son.
Set our spirits free, let us lay down our guns.
Sweet Mother Mary, We're so tired,
but We can't come home til the last shot's fired.
Til the Last Shot's Fired.
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Readable chord sheet for Til the Last Shot's Fired by Trace Adkins
[F#m] [Dsus4] |---------|-2-------------------|-0-------| |---------|-2---pick individual-|-2-------| |---------|-2---strings after---|-3-------| x2 |------2--|-4---the downbeat----|-0-------| |--2-4----|-4-------------------|-0-------| |---------|-2-------------------|-x-------| I was [F#m]there in the [F#m]wint[E]er of '6[D]4, camped in the [D/E]ice at Nashville's [D/F#]door. Three-h[A]undred miles our [A/Ab]trail had [F#m]led, we [E]barely had time to [E/C#]bury our [D]dead. When the [D]yankees charged and the colors [E]fell, Overton[E] Hill was a[E] l[C#]iving h[D]ell. When we called re[D]treat it was almost d[E]ark, I d[E]ied with a grape-sho[E/C#]t in my [Dmaj7]heart. [D]Say a p[E]rayer for [F#m]peace, for [D]every f[D]al[C#]len s[Esus4]on. [E] [D]Set my s[E]pirit f[F#m]ree, let [D]me lay [D]do[C#]wn my [Esus4]gun. [E] Sweet [Bm]Mother Mar[Bm]y, [C#]I'm so t[D]ired, [D]but I can't come home til th[D/E]e last shot's [F#m]fired. [E] In [F#m]June[F#m] of [E]19[D]44, I [D]waded in the b[D]lo[E]od of Omaha's[D/F#] shore. Twenty-[A]one and [A/Ab]scared to [F#m]death, my [E]heart poundin'[E/C#] in my ch[D]est. I almost [D]made the first sea w[E]all, when my[E] friends turned and [E]sa[C#]w me fa[D]ll. I still [D]smell the smoke, I can tas[E]te the mud, as I l[E]ay there dying from a [E/C#]loss of b[Dmaj7]lood. I'm [D]in the fields of Vietnam, the [E]mountains of Afghanistan, And [D]I'm still hopin', waitin', prayin' I [E]did not die in vain. reprise) [D]Say a p[E]rayer for [F#m]peace, for [D]every f[D]al[C#]len s[Esus4]on. [E] [D]Set our [E]spirits[F#m] free, le[D]t us la[D]y [C#]down o[Esus4]ur guns. [E] Sweet [Bm]Mother Mar[Bm]y, [C#]We're so t[D]ired, but [D]We can't come home til the[D/E] last shot's fi[F#m]red. [D]Til the Last Shot's [F#m]Fired. [D] [closing chorus is a cappella]