Richard Shindell

The Things That I Have Seen

Richard Shindell

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The Things That I Have Seen

	  		rd Fret 



Intro: Am  G   (4x) 

      Am              C             G 
I was proud to be the soldier I had been since '83 
       Am                F                E 
When I joined to pay for college, like my brothers before me 
      Am                C              G 
I was proud to serve my country and to be a fine Marine 
    Am              F                E                       Am  G  Am  G 
But pride cannot protect me from the things that I have seen 


          Am                   C        G 
When they shipped us out of Norfolk, my family came to wave 
   Am               F                E 
My Mama stood there choking back the tears and looking brave 
    Am              C                   G 
And though we never spoke of it, we all feared it just the same 
         Am               F              E                  Am  G  
Now they tell me I should talk about the things that I have seen 


      F                                    G                   Am 
I was trained to take the good shot, I was trained to clean my gun 
     F                                    Em                F 
They trained me not to talk back and they trained me not to run 
          Am               C             G 
And I was trained to be as silent as the shadow of a hawk 
       Am                 F              E                  Am  G Am G 
No one trained me for the silence of the things that I have seen 


    Am            C           G 
And once I saw an accident on Old Route 17 
     Am                     F         E 
Mama told me not to look at it, as we slowly passed the scene 
           Am            C            G 
Though the image of that wreckage was burned into my brain 
Am              F               E                  Am  G 
That did not prepare me for the things that I have seen 


  F                           G              Am 
I thought I was a good man, I thought I was elite 
  F                                          Em          F 
I thought I'd fight the good fight, that I'd never see defeat 
              Am              C           G 
And that we'd won that bloody war, how we laughed at their retreat 
      Am            F                  E                  Am   G 
Now I wage a losing battle against the things that I have seen 


Instrumental: Am  G  (7x) 


        Am          C           G 
Just be glad modern science has given us so much 
       Am                F                E 
We can rifle through the channels without ever standing up 
      Am           C              G 
But I can't find a station that's finally had enough 
        Am          F               E                  Am   G 
Of this morbid fascination with the things that I have seen 
    Am               F                 E                  F    G 
And me, I can't stop dreaming of these things that I have seen 


OUTRO: Am  G  (4x) 
		  

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