Godspeed Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

C G C G

Verse

 Its JCanuary 1970, do you reGmember me

 You pFut me on a boat across the sea, in the Gname of victory

 But Cmuch to my surprised when I arrived, there was no Gwelcoming committee

 InFstead there was a man for me to kill, and now I sGee all this too real

Refrain

CThen I saw him standing wGith a bayonet

Cand as I ran towards him he Ghardly broke a sweat

 WChen I took his life he feGll to his knees

 ACnd as his eyes began to fGade he whispered softly

Chorus

CGodspeed this letter, aGway from here

 I've Fsealed it with my tears, andG stamped it with my fists

 And Cgodspeed this letter, aGway from you

 My wFork down here is through

GI'm on my way to better days

 And sCo are you G C G

Do Verse-

CI'm in his pocket that I saw the picture of his children and his Gfamily

 And FI began to realize this person I despised, in Gactuality

 Was nCot much different from myself

 wCe porbably could have taught each other Gmany things

 And Fnow I know its much too late alFthough I couldn't hesistate

 IG checked his gun, and his chamber was empty

Do Refrain-

Then I saw him standing with a bayonet

and as I ran towards him he hardly broke a sweat

When I took his life he fell to his knees

And as his eyes began to fade he whispered softly

Chorus

CGodspeed this letter, Gaway from here

 I've Fsealed it with my tears, andG stamped it with my fists

 And Cgodspeed this letter, Gaway from you

FMy work down here is through

GI'm on my way to better days

And so are you

Bridge

A♯o-hFo

 We know not what we'veC done G

 And A♯o-hFo

 We know not what we'veC done G

Chorus

CGodspeed this letter, Gaway from here

 I've Fsealed it with my tears, andG stamped it with my fists

 And Cgodspeed this letter, Gaway from you

FMy work down here is through

GI'm on my way to better days

 And Cso are you