G                                       C
The moon lights up over the battlefield now,
                           G
With a blistering heat somehow
                             D
Lifeless, limp and broken hearts are dead,
                                  C
I should have just stayed home instead
          G
Stayed alive.
G
We'll letter arrives
G                           C
It glistens’ in mothers eyes
                            G
She wonders where when and why
                                 D
She could have tucked him in his bed,
                                C
With a kiss on the cheek and his head
           G        
He'd stay alive
 
[Chorus]
Em                    D                C                       G
Well the moon and the stars can't cast shadows on what is wrong
                 D               C
Well our boys are dead, they’ve been mislead.
          G (stop)
Nothing more
G                                               C
The sun wakes up, bring sparkles in the morning light,
                              G                                  D
Rubs her belly bows her head to cry, she lost him before they were wed
                                   C               G
But he’s there in her heart and her head, he’ll stay alive
 
[Chorus] x2
Em                    D                C                       G
Well the moon and the stars can't cast shadows of what is wrong
                 D               C
Well our boys are dead, they’ve been mislead.
 
          G (stop second time)
Nothing more
G                                          C
The moon lights up over the battlefield now.