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 ) -----