INTRO (lower case: individual notes, not chords)
f#-a - B5
d-e-a - B5
[Bm]Back home[A/C#] Indi[D]ana, we just [A]learn to [F#m]get a[Bm]long
[G]Civil[A]ized and [D]socialized they [Am]teach you right from [Em9]wrong
[G]How to [A]hold your [D]liquor and [A]how to hold your [C#m]tongu[F#m]e
[Bm]How to h[A/C#]old a [D]woman or a [A]baby o[F#m]r a [Bm]gun
But [Bm]nothing [A/C#]will pre[D]pare you for the [A]far [F#m]Afghani[Bm]stan
You can [G]listen [A]to their [D]stories and [A]pick up what you [F#m]can
You [G]listen [A]to their [D]stories maybe [A]read a book or [C#m]two[F#m]
Un[Bm]til they send[A/C#] you [D]out there, [G]man you [A]haven't [F#m]got a [Bm]clue
[C#m]Oh the [A]Hindu [C#m]Kush, the Band-e [A]Amir, the [C#m]Hazara[A][F#m]
They [Bm]tell you [A/C#]a tra[D]dition in the [A]hills of[F#m] Kanda[Bm]har[E/B][Bm]
They say [G]young [A]boys are [D]taken to the [A]wilderness out [F#m]there
[G]Taken [A]to the [D]mountain a[A]lone and in the [C#m]nigh[F#m]t
[Bm]If he [A/C#]makes it [D]home alive they [A]teach him [F#m]how to [Bm]fight
They [Bm]fought again[A/C#]st the [D]Russians, they [A]fought a[F#m]gainst the [Bm]Brits
Hell, they [G]fought old [A]Alexa[D]nder, talking '[A]bout him ever [F#m]since
And [G]after [A]9/1[D]1 here [A]comes your Uncle [C#m]Sam[F#m]
A[Bm]nother p[A/C#]ainful [D]lesson in the [A]far Af[F#m]ghani[Bm]stan
[C#m] [A] [C#m] [A] [C#m] [A]
[C#m] [A] [F#m] [Bm] [E/B] [Bm]
I was [Bm]ready [A/C#]to be [D]terrified and [A]ready[F#m] to be [Bm]mad
I was [G]ready [A]to be [D]homesick, the [A]worst I've [F#m]ever had
I [G]expected [A]to be [D]hated and in[A]sulted to my [C#m]face[F#m]
But [Bm]nothing[A/C#] could [D]prepare me for the [A]beauty [F#m]of the [Bm]place
No [Bm]matter what [A/C#]they [D]tell you, all [A]soldiers [F#m]talk to [Bm]God
It's a [G]private [A]conver[D]sation [A]written in your [F#m]blood
The [G]enemy's [A]no [D]different, bad-[A]ass holy [C#m]wind[F#m]
That [Bm]crazy bas[A/C#]tard [D]talks to God and his [A]God talk[F#m]s back[Bm] to him
[E/G#] [A] [C#m] [F#m] [Bm]
[B5](solo)
(fade out ...)
f#-a - B5
d-e-a - B5
[Bm]Back home[A/C#] Indi[D]ana, we just [A]learn to [F#m]get a[Bm]long
[G]Civil[A]ized and [D]socialized they [Am]teach you right from [Em9]wrong
[G]How to [A]hold your [D]liquor and [A]how to hold your [C#m]tongu[F#m]e
[Bm]How to h[A/C#]old a [D]woman or a [A]baby o[F#m]r a [Bm]gun
But [Bm]nothing [A/C#]will pre[D]pare you for the [A]far [F#m]Afghani[Bm]stan
You can [G]listen [A]to their [D]stories and [A]pick up what you [F#m]can
You [G]listen [A]to their [D]stories maybe [A]read a book or [C#m]two[F#m]
Un[Bm]til they send[A/C#] you [D]out there, [G]man you [A]haven't [F#m]got a [Bm]clue
[C#m]Oh the [A]Hindu [C#m]Kush, the Band-e [A]Amir, the [C#m]Hazara[A][F#m]
They [Bm]tell you [A/C#]a tra[D]dition in the [A]hills of[F#m] Kanda[Bm]har[E/B][Bm]
They say [G]young [A]boys are [D]taken to the [A]wilderness out [F#m]there
[G]Taken [A]to the [D]mountain a[A]lone and in the [C#m]nigh[F#m]t
[Bm]If he [A/C#]makes it [D]home alive they [A]teach him [F#m]how to [Bm]fight
They [Bm]fought again[A/C#]st the [D]Russians, they [A]fought a[F#m]gainst the [Bm]Brits
Hell, they [G]fought old [A]Alexa[D]nder, talking '[A]bout him ever [F#m]since
And [G]after [A]9/1[D]1 here [A]comes your Uncle [C#m]Sam[F#m]
A[Bm]nother p[A/C#]ainful [D]lesson in the [A]far Af[F#m]ghani[Bm]stan
[C#m] [A] [C#m] [A] [C#m] [A]
[C#m] [A] [F#m] [Bm] [E/B] [Bm]
I was [Bm]ready [A/C#]to be [D]terrified and [A]ready[F#m] to be [Bm]mad
I was [G]ready [A]to be [D]homesick, the [A]worst I've [F#m]ever had
I [G]expected [A]to be [D]hated and in[A]sulted to my [C#m]face[F#m]
But [Bm]nothing[A/C#] could [D]prepare me for the [A]beauty [F#m]of the [Bm]place
No [Bm]matter what [A/C#]they [D]tell you, all [A]soldiers [F#m]talk to [Bm]God
It's a [G]private [A]conver[D]sation [A]written in your [F#m]blood
The [G]enemy's [A]no [D]different, bad-[A]ass holy [C#m]wind[F#m]
That [Bm]crazy bas[A/C#]tard [D]talks to God and his [A]God talk[F#m]s back[Bm] to him
[E/G#] [A] [C#m] [F#m] [Bm]
[B5](solo)
(fade out ...)
