Let My Tears Be Still by Josh Abbott Band
Key: GG | Capo: 3fr |  Left-Handed 

    


ntro.:   ( G ) ( D )  ( A )    x  2
(Verse 1)
( G ) My ( D )name is Lieutenant, ( A ) C'lonel William Todd
( G ) I ( D )flew the Hundred And ( A ) First Airborne in '42
( G ) You may ( D )think that you've met ( A )veterans like me before
( G ) Ah, but ( D )you don't have a ( A )clue
(Verse 2)
( G ) I ( D )flew Korea ( A )in the war you probably forgot
( G ) I gave ( D )40 years of ( A )damn near all I got
( G ) I ( D )watched some of my closest ( A )friends die on foreign land
( G ) I still ( D )hear their screams at ( A )night
(Chorus)
( G ) So, ( A )don't you wipe a-( D )way my tears
( G ) I've ( A )earned them through ( D )all the years
( G ) Just ( A )let 'em roll down like a ( D )stream upon a ( G )hill
Let my ( A )tears be ( G )still  ( D )  ( A )  
(Verse 3)
( G ) I ( D )met Jean Ann in a ( A ) photograph in '44
( G ) Yeah, I ( D )swore she'd be the ( A )girl to take my last name
( G ) Fifty ( D )two years passed ( A ) 'til the Lord took her away
( G ) But, I still ( D )see Jean every-( A )day
(Chorus)
( G ) So, ( A )don't you wipe a-( D )way my tears
( G ) I've ( A )earned them through ( D )all the years
( G ) Just ( A )let 'em roll down like a ( D )stream upon a ( G )hill
Let my ( A )tears be ( D )still   ( G ) ( A )  ( D )  
(Verse 4)
( G ) At the ( D )end of my rope as I ( A ) lay here in this bed
( G ) Thoughts and ( D )prayers of my fami-( A )ly circle through my head
( G ) I ( D )pray when the Lord ( A )opens up the pearly gates wide
( G ) I'll see ( D )my Jean ( A )standin' there in the light
(Chorus)
( G ) So, ( A )don't you wipe a-( D )way my tears
( G ) Hey, I've ( A )earned them through ( D )all the years
( G ) And just ( A )let 'em roll down like a ( D )stream upon a ( G )hill
Let my ( A )tears be ( Bm )still
Outro.:   ( G ) Let my ( A )tears be ---  ( G ) ( D )  ( A )   ( G ) ( A )  ( D ) -----