INTRO: E - E4 2x E E4 This is for you my friend E E4 I'm waiting on the other end E E4 checkin' every day to see E - E4 if you wrote me a letter E E4 This is 'cause I miss my friend E E4 off fighting with the other men E E4 but you know I couldn't be more proud E E4 even if I felt better Chorus: A E E4 'Cause the same man who held me so close that night A E - E4 is the same man who is sleeping with his gun A E E4 And the same man who would never ever start a fight A E E4 is the same man who would never ever run E E4 I thought of you again last night E E4 Thought of you in a brand new light E E4 Head high with your proud stare E E4 never looking back E E4 I know you'll fight bravely E E4 I know it 'cause you promised me E E4 soon you'll be home with your short hair E - E4 and your funny little laugh A E E4 'Cause the same man who left me speechless with his eyes A E - E4 is the same man now squinting in the sun A E E4 And the same man who would never ever start a fight A D4 A is the same man who would never ever run A E E4 And the same man who left my heart all big and sore A E E4 is the same man now facing his death A E E4 And the same man who would never ever start a war A E - E4 is the same man who would always protect