INTRO
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  Back in the days of Shock and Awe

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  We came to liberate them all

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  History was a cruel judge of overconfidence

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  Back in the days of Shock and Awe



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Back in the days of "mission accomplished" 

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Our chief was landing on the deck 

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The sun was setting on a golden photo op 

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Back in the days of "mission accomplished" 



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Thousands of bodies in the ground 

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Brought home in boxes to a trumpet's sound 

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No one sees them coming home that way 

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Thousands buried in the ground 


INSTRUMENTAL BDA K
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Same as Intro:

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Thousands of children scarred for life

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Millions of tears for a soldier's wife 

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Both sides are losing now

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Heaven takes them in 

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Thousands of children scarred for life 


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We had a chance to change our mind

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But somehow wisdom was hard to find

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We went with what we knew and now we can't go back 

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But we had a chance to change our mind.



Same as Intro:

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Bm  A  Bm

D  A  Bm

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