Standard (EADGBE)

They got me on the front in '45

'Cause I didn't have the strength to stay alive

 No, I did the best I could

 Mama, I was good and then I died

Oh Lord, in '45

They get you when you're young and ill prepared

and the beauty of the world has got you scared

 Now, I don't know what's right

 But I know I lost the fight and that 'aint fair

No Lord, that 'aint fair

INSTRUMETAL

(half the tempo of the other verses)

I didn't get the chance to see the end

But I heard somebody say it would be grand

 With confetti in the streets

 and the dancing to the beat of marching bands

Oh Lord, that'd be grand