Four Letter Words

G D/F# Em D C A Bm Bm/A G D G D G D Mom and Dad promised each other each other just before he went off to war Bm Bm/A G D C A He ended up coming home unlike some of the others but he wasn’t the same anymore Em D C G Am Am/B C D Promises are promises my mother would say and she married that broken man anyway G D/F# Em D C A She settled in for a life that would try her faith and take everything she could give Bm Bm/A G D G D G D It’s not easy to live with a man who must live with a war still running through his veins Bm Bm/A G D C A The unpredictable days and long hospital stays the narcotics he wore like chains Em D C G Am Am/B C D Crop in the field and a baby on the way two little girls she did her best to raise G D/F# Em D C D While Her man was off for another two month stay at the Hotel VA Em C D So I guess war is hell and that’s a four letter word Em C D more were said in the house when I listened I heard G D/F# Em D C A Hope and pray and no matter what people say your Dad’s a hero your Daddy’s a hero Bm Bm/A G D G D G D By the time I came around much was already gone In ’61 they’d moved into town Bm Bm/A G D C A Checks from the VA kept a roof over our heads I grew up wearing hand me downs Em D C G Am Am/B C D Daddy told me study hard and someday I could go to college cuz the VA would pay G D/F# Em D C D & That smile would appear from his ear to his ear A silver lining in a cloud so gray Em C D So I guess war is hell and that’s a four letter word Em C D more were said in the house when I listened I heard G D/F# Em D C D Hope and pray and no matter what people say Dad’s a hero your Daddy’s a hero G D/F# Em D C D G Hope and Pray Mom would always say Dad’s a Hero Dad was a hero