1460 Elder Street

G# A# D# D# G# D# I was waiting for a ship to Vietnam A# And me being the good time loving guy I am D# G# D# I was looking for some female company G# D# A# D# I met a girl alone and lonesome just like me G# D# We had coffee at a waterfront cafe A# She said her husband was a soldier far away D# G# D# And she talked about her long nights all alone G# D# A# D# And the way she's fought temptation since he's gone G# D# 1460 Elder Street is where she took me G# D# A# And I never knew that love could be so sweet D# G# D# Then she promised me that when the war was over G# A# D# I'd have a home at 1460 Elder Street | G# A# | D# G# D# Two months later I was on patrol one day A# When a hand grenade fell not ten feet away D# G# D# I watched as one brave man gave all that he could give G# D# A# D# He fell across it gave his life that I might live G# D# I found a crumpled tear stained letter in his coat A# And I read the Dear John Letter his wife wrote D# G# D# He had nothing left for livin' for I guess G# D# A# D# I thought I die when I saw her return address G# D# 1460 Elder Street still drives me crazy G# D# A# And sometimes at night we find it hard to sleep D# G# D# Could it be the ones who killed him now are sharing G# A# D# Our private hell at 1460 Elder Street