Everywhere
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1. “Dig in, boys, for an extended
stay !”
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Those were the final orders to
come down that day.
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G C - Am G F
Waiting to be saved in the Philippines,
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wait
forever for the young Marines.
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2. Now I believe to be here is right,
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but I
have to say that I'm scared tonight.
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C Am - G F
Crouching in this hole with a
mouth full of sand,
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G C
what
comes first, the country or the man ?
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Am F C
Look at those slanted eyes
coming up over the hill,
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catching
us by surprise, it's time to kill or to be killed.
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Over here, over there, it's
the same everywhere,
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a boy
cries out for his mama before he dies
for his home.
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G F
3. All my life I wanted to be
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as
clever and strong as my best friend
Lee.
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We grew up together along Half
Moon Bay,
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Lee was Japanese, born in the USA.
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4. When Tommy was fighting Jerry along the River Seine,
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me
and Lee, we wanted to do the same.
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G C
Am - G F
Then they bombed Pearl Harbor at the break
of day,
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I was headed for these islands
when Lee was hauled away.
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And they said, look at his
slanted eyes, he's guilty as guilty can be,
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sent
here as enemy spies to sabotage the Land of the Free.
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F C F
Over here, over there, it's
the same everywhere,
Am G F - Am G C
a boy
cries out for his mama before he dies for his home.
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- G F
5. I never got home, my
platoon was never
saved,
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that
little foxhole became my island
grave.
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Lee got out of jail, but a prisoner he remained,
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till
he ended his own life to lose that ball
and chain.
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And they said, oh, Little
Slanted Eyes, can't you forgive and forget ?
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F G
- - -
And he said, oh, Mr Friendly
Ghost, can you catch water in a net?
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F C F
Over here, over there, it's
the same everywhere,
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- Am G C
a boy
cries out for his mama before he dies
for his home,
Am G F - Am G C
a boy
cries out for his mama before he dies
for his home.
(orig. = capo 2nd) (Billy
Bragg)