Jack Nelson - More Than Sacrifice

      Song: More Than Sacrifice
Artist: Jack Nelson
Album: Let 'er Buck!



G                  C
Seventeen wild and free
G                        C
took you to the dance and you loved me
D                       C
down by the lake with a bottle of shine
D                                      C
we were skinny dippin' and havin' us a good time
  G                         C
a year together and we were off at school
    G                                 C
you didn't know it then but I was your fool
          D                C
but I was out of money and short on time
        D                      C
I could feel your tears when I signed that line

[Chorus]
G                           C
No one ever talks about the other price we pay
         D                         C           G
like the things that we're missin' while we're away
  G                                         C
I guess It's kind of like we're livin' that good ol' rodeo
      D                                    G
or at least that's how those country songs go
         C                                             D
now I've got more respect for the boys that lost their lives
        C                    D              G
but sometimes coming home is more than sacrifice

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      G                       C
I was overseas when I got the news
     G                                   C
that times had changed you found someone new
  D                             C
I finally got home but you were married
          D                                   C
I guess I missed my chance yeah that ship was sailing

[Chorus]
G                           C
No one ever talks about the other price we pay
         D                         C           G
like the things that we're missin' while we're away
  G                                         C
I guess It's kind of like we're livin' that good ol' rodeo
      D                                    G
or at least that's how those country songs go
         C                                             D
now I've got more respect for the boys that lost their lives
        C                    D              G
but sometimes coming home is more than sacrifice


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D C
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G                           C
There's always more to this story
     G                                 C
like missin' the birth of your newborn baby
      D                                C
and I knew a guy whose wife was caught cheatin'
    D                                        C
and to this day you can still hear his heart breakin'
         G                                    C
well the bombs go off and the bullets fly and pictures are all we have
       G                                   C
We can tell ourselves all day long that it really ain't that bad
          D                                    C
watch our best friends lose their lives as the world fades to grey
      D                                          C
we'll grab our guns with blood stained hands and turn and fight away

[Chorus]
G                           C
No one ever talks about the other price we pay
         D                         C           G
like the things that we're missin' while we're away
  G                                         C
I guess It's kind of like we're livin' that good ol' rodeo
      D                                    G
or at least that's how those country songs go
         C                                             D
now I've got more respect for the boys that lost their lives
        C                    D              G
but sometimes coming home is more than sacrifice

[Tag]
            C                                             D
I said I've got more respect for the boys that lost their lives
        C                    D              G
but sometimes coming home is more than sacrifice