South Hill Chords

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Intro: E
E
When my girl got pregnant well I dropped right out of school
                                     A
But there's no work in South Hill so what else could I do?
                                          E
The recruiter's came-a-knocking when this whole damn thing began
                                              B5  E
They promised me a college education food and medicine
E
They said I wouldn't spend a dime if I got deployed overseas
                                   A
Plus Baghdad is safer now than old Washington, DC
                                                 E
So I signed that dotted line right quick and in a blink of an eye
                                       B5        E
I found myself at Fort Benning where I practiced forming lines
E
Well Fallujah became my home, my comfort and my dread
                                             A
The marines that came through first man they tore this place to shreds
                                           E
With the sound of crushing Amtracs and the whine of their Humvee's
                                       B5                E
Calling in them A-10 air strikes man I wish I could have seen it
E
But when we got to town I realized we were only legs
                               A
We do dismounted patrols we do searches and do raids
                                             E
We hear the crack of small arms fire and the blast from IED's
                              B5                E
We hurry up and wait, suck in dust and stay low key


B5                     A              E
And I cannot stop this pounding in my head
B5                                                A                    E
I thought we were doing right but that's not what folks back home have said
A                      B5           E              A
Sometimes I can't tell which way is up or which is down
                                B5          A
But I'm oddly at ease with this chaos all around


E
Then one day out on patrol doing time out in the heat
                                             A
We were ordered to a neighborhood to talk to folks out on the street
                                    E
To gather information on where some weapons may be stored
                                                       B5                  E
Or to see if the Mujahideen had hauled them off out of Fallujah and to the north
E
Well my platoon got lost and made more then one wrong turn
                                                  A
We should have called in our position fast but we blamed each other first
                                     E
Then we started taking sniper fire - god damn them all
                                                B5                  E
We couldn't find the shooter no where he had us pinned down one and all
E
Well friendies they caught up and we took back that god damned street
                                 A
But something wasn't right and I was feeling really weak
                                            E
My adrenaline was high and I was scared and I could hardly breathe
                                     B5                  E
I heard doc argue with the Sarg that morphine might kill me
E
That's the last thing I remember that and heat and clear blue sky
                                            A
And thinking about my girl back home and my daughters little eyes
                                            E
I took that bullet in Fallujah and I'm laid up in Germany
                                             B5     E
And I'm headed back stateside to the care of Walter Reed


B5                  A              E
And I cannot feel a thing below my waist
B5                   A                  E
Doc tried to help me man but it was too late
A                B5     E               A
Now I don't know who is right or who is wrong
                        B5              E
But I'm fucked up and I want to go back home
B5                     A              E
And I cannot stop this pounding in my head
B5                                                A                    E
I thought we were doing right but that's not what folks back home have said
A                      B5           E              A
Sometimes I can't tell which way is up or which is down
                       B5            E
But one day I'll stand firmly on the ground
                       B5            E
Yes one day I'll stand firmly on the ground