Military Clothes

Em
The river runs 

C
swollen in the 

G
Spring rains

  
How will you 

Am
pay for 

C
it?

Em
In your tinfoil 

C
armour, coming up 

G
singing

  
As you were 

Am
born ag

C
ain

D
Washed in muddy 

C
waters

  
Will you re

G
cover from the 

Em
stain

  
When they 

A7
called you by that unfamiliar 

D
name? 

Em
In the flat land of West 

C
Texas, telephone 

G
poles

  
And the 

Am
evening 

C
train.

Em
Saw you at the 

C
station, waiting 

G
for

  
The slow 

Am
release 

C
again.

D
Washed my hands of 

C
diesel

  
But it 

G
burned my eyes like 

Em
smoke

  
To see you 

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standing in your military 

D
clothes…