The Colonels Journal – Alec Benjamin
Nghệ sĩ: Alec Benjamin
Hợp Âm Chuẩn
Verse 1→ Phiên khúc
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The old colonel was a veteran
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Each night he'd take his medicine
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And stay up watching Letterman
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Trying to forget
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The things he saw when he was young
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The carnage and the sound of guns
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He kept his pain from everyone
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With the ink inside his pen
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The colonel kept a journal of his troubles and regrets
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His battles were internal, raging wars inside his head
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'Til the end, he was a soldier
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'Cause the fight was never over
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The colonel kept a journal and he left it in a box
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Buried in the basement underneath some dirty socks
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´Til the end, he was a soldier
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'Cause the fight was never over
Verse 2→ Phiên khúc
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And the day he died, his kids flew in
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Took some time just to remember him
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They cleaned up his old medicine
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As everybody wept
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They were packing up the cellar
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When they found his diary, read it and
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Couldn't believe the things he said
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With the ink inside his pen
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The colonel kept a journal of his troubles and regrets
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His battles were internal, raging wars inside his head
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'Til the end, he was a soldier
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'Cause the fight was never over
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The colonel kept a journal and he left it in a box
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Buried in the basement underneath some dirty socks
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'Til the end, he was a soldier
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'Cause the fight was never over
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Mmmm-mmm
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Mmmm-mmm
Verse 3→ Phiên khúc
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The old colonel was a veteran
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My granddad, and a gentleman
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I'll always remember him
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Oh, I swear I won´t forget
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The things he saw when he was young
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The carnage and the sound of guns
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And the pain he kept from everyone
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With the ink inside his pen
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The colonel kept a journal of his troubles and regrets
ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch
His battles were internal, raging wars inside his head
ch]D[/ch
´Til the end, he was a soldier
ch]Dm[/ch
'Cause the fight was never over
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The colonel kept a journal and he left it in a box
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Buried in the basement underneath some dirty socks
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´Til the end, he was a soldier
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'Cause the fight was never over
Outro
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Mmmm-mmm
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