rd Fret Intro: D Cadd9 Em7 D/A (2x) Am C G It was carnival, 1898 D C G When they blew up the Maine in Havana D Am C G The young across the country, they all called for blood D C G But the elders they remembered D Am C G 'Cause they'd fought a Civil War, they'd seen the bodies piled D C G They were in no rush to send young men to die D Am C G But them yellow journalists, they got the nation riled D C G And them war drums kept on beatingInstrumental: D Cadd9 Em7 D/A (2X) Am C G They raced the Riders down, was Teddy at the helm D C G And they set their sails for Cuba D Am C G Was Dewey in the east, with his white, shining fleet D C G And they took them Philippines in a dayEm G D The world it never knew what hit Em G D The American century begun Em G D A And that short little war, that they had themselves with Spain Em G D Old Glory never was the same Em G D Oh, after 1898OUTRO: D Cadd9 Em7 D/A (2x)Em G D The world it never knew what hit Em G D The American century begun Em G D A And that short little war, that they had themselves with Spain Em G D Old Glory never was the same Em G D Oh, after 1898 Em G D Oh, after 1898
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Otras versiones: John Statz - 1898 |