G C G
I grew up believing in Jesse and Frank
A D
Cause we never had nothing or no one to thank
C G
And I came pretty close to unloading a bank
D G
But I was saved by my draft board when they made me a Yank
G C G
In the 102nd they busted your hump
A D
The taught me a man isn't always a chump
C G
In the course of Korea I learned how to jump
D G
In the card game of life I was holding a trump
G C G
Floating I'm floating on down thru the sky
A D
Never had no ambition to learn how to fly
C G
Be glad when it's over be happy to land
D G
With this bag full of money I've got in my hands
G C G
If you can't get a job and they think your insane
A D
If the years of your youth have been washed down the drain
C G
And if you wake up one morning with nothing but pain
D G
It was then I decided to grab me a plane
G C G
With all of my training it wasn't to tough
G A D
Now I'm thru taken orders and taken their guff
C G
Gonna buy me a cadilac and some luxury stuff
D G
Cause a veterans pension ain't nearly enough
