FDmBbGDmDmC
We met as soul mates on Parris Island,
DmDmC
we left as inmates from an asylum.
EmAmEmAm
And we were sharp, as sharp as knives
DmDmGCG
and we were so gung-ho to lay down our lives.
DmDmC
We came in spastic like tameless horses,
DmDmC
we left in plastic as numbered corpses.
EmAmEmAm
And we learned fast to travel light,
DmCBbGDmG
our arms were heavy but our bellies were tight.
DmDmC
We had no home front, we had no soft soap.
DmDmC
They sent us Playboy, they gave us Bob Hope.
EmAmEmAm
We dug in deep and shot on sight
DmFGCG
and prayed to Jesus Christ with all of our might.
DmDmC
We had no cameras to shoot the landscape
DmDmC
we passed the hash pipe and played our Doors tapes.
EmAmEmAm
And it was dark, so dark at night
DmDm
and we held on to each other, like brother to brother,
BbF6G
we promised our mothers we'd write.
FBbCC7
And we would all go down together,
FBbCC7
we said we'd all go down together,
FBbGFDmC
yes, we would all go down together.
DmDmC
Remember Charlie, remember Baker,
DmDmC
they left their childhood on every acre.
EmAmEmAm
And who was wrong? And who was right?
DmCBbG
It didn't matter in the thick of the fight.
AmEmCDmEDmDmE
We held the day in the palm of our hand.
AmEmCDmEDm C+
They ruled the night and the night seemed to last
ECEDmDmC
as long as six weeks on Parris Island.
DmDmC
We held the coastline, they held the highlands,
EmAmEmAm
and they were sharp, as sharp as knives,
DmDm
they heard the hum of motors, they counted the rotors
BbF6G
and waited for us to arrive.
FBbCC7
And we would all go down together,
FBbCC7
we said we'd all go down together,
FBbGFDmBb
yes, we would all go down together.
GFDmBb ...
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.