G     Bm          Em    Bm    Em    D   Bm  Am     G
   Charlie boy, don't go to war, first born in forty-four
    G  Bm       Em     Bm   Em   D   Bm  Am    G
   Kennedy made him believe we could do much more
   
   G     D    Bm   C   Bm   Am  G
   Ooooh-Oo-oooooh-Oo-ooooh-oo-ooooh
   
    G  Bm    D    Em         Bm    Em    D    Bm        Am    G
   Lillian, don't hang your head, love should make you feel good
      G   Bm   D   Em      Bm       Em  D  Bm     Am    G
   In uniform you raised a man, who vol-un-teered to stand
   
   G     D    Bm   C   Bm   Am  G
   Ooooh-Oo-oooooh-Oo-ooooh-oo-ooooh
   
   Em        G      Bm       D
R: Play the bugle, play the taps and
   Em         G         D
   Make your mothers proud
   Em          G     Bm      D
   Raise your rifles to the sky boys
   Em         G        D
   Fire that volley loud
   
    G       Bm  D  Em     Bm       Em    D   Bm    Am    G
   News was bad on Upland Ave, my touch and mourn our loss
   G       Bm       D    Em      Bm
   Sons rebelled, while fathers yelled, 
        Em  D     Bm      Am     G
   and moth-ers clutched the cross
   
   G     D    Bm   C   Bm   Am  G
   Ooooh-Oo-oooooh-Oo-ooooh-oo-ooooh
   
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