The Colonel's Jurnal Tabulatur von Alec Benjamin (für Baryton)

[Verse 1]
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The old colonel was a veteran
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Each night he'd take his medicine
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And stay up watching Letterman
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Trying to forget
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The things he saw when he was young
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The carnage and the sound of guns
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He kept his pain from everyone
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With the ink inside his pen


[Chorus]
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The colonel kept a journal of his troubles and regrets
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His battles were internal, raging wars inside his head
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'Til the end, he was a soldier
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'Cause the fight was never over
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The colonel kept a journal and he left it in a box
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Buried in the basement underneath some dirty socks
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´Til the end, he was a soldier
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'Cause the fight was never over


[Verse 2]
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And the day he died, his kids flew in
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Took some time just to remember him
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They cleaned up his old medicine
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As everybody wept
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They were packing up the cellar
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When they found his diary, read it and
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Couldn't believe the things he said
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With the ink inside his pen


[Chorus]
       A
The colonel kept a journal of his troubles and regrets
        E
His battles were internal, raging wars inside his head
           Fm
'Til the end, he was a soldier
             Fm7             E
'Cause the fight was never over
       A
The colonel kept a journal and he left it in a box
  E
Buried in the basement underneath some dirty socks
         Fm7
'Til the end, he was a soldier
             A               E
'Cause the fight was never over


[Bridge]
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Mmmm-mmm
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Mmmm-mmm


[Verse 3]
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The old colonel was a veteran
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My granddad, and a gentleman
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I'll always remember him
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Oh, I swear I won´t forget
     A                  E
The things he saw when he was young
        Fm            Fm7
The carnage and the sound of guns
          A                 E
And the pain he kept from everyone
           Fm
With the ink inside his pen


[Chorus]
       A
The colonel kept a journal of his troubles and regrets
       E
His battles were internal, raging wars inside his head
           Fm
´Til the end, he was a soldier
            Fm7            E
'Cause the fight was never over
       A
The colonel kept a journal and he left it in a box
  E
Buried in the basement underneath some dirty socks
            Fm               Fm7
´Til the end, he was a soldier
              A              E
'Cause the fight was never over


[Outro]
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Mmmm-mmm
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Mmmm-mmm

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