Let My Tears Be Still

ntro.: G D A x 2 G My D)name is Lieutenant, A C�lonel William Todd G I D)flew the Hundred And A First Airborne in '42 G You may D)think that you've met A)veterans like me before G Ah, but D)you don't have a A)clue G I D)flew Korea A)in the war you probably forgot G I gave D)40 years of A)damn near all I got G I D)watched some of my closest A)friends die on foreign land G I still D)hear their screams at A)night G So, A)don't you wipe a-D)way my tears G I've A)earned them through D)all the years G Just A)let 'em roll down like a D)stream upon a G)hill Let my A)tears be G)still D A G I D)met Jean Ann in a A photograph in '44 G Yeah, I D)swore she'd be the A)girl to take my last name G Fifty D)two years passed A 'til the Lord took her away G But, I still D)see Jean every-A)day G So, A)don't you wipe a-D)way my tears G I've A)earned them through D)all the years G Just A)let 'em roll down like a D)stream upon a G)hill Let my A)tears be D)still G A D G At the D)end of my rope as I A lay here in this bed G Thoughts and D)prayers of my fami-A)ly circle through my head G I D)pray when the Lord A)opens up the pearly gates wide G I'll see D)my Jean A)standin' there in the light G So, A)don't you wipe a-D)way my tears G Hey, I've A)earned them through D)all the years G And just A)let 'em roll down like a D)stream upon a G)hill Let my A)tears be Bm)still : G Let my A)tears be --- G D A G A D -----