Me And Crippled Soldiers – Merle Haggard Album: Blue Jungle Chorded by Gary W, 18 Feb 2007 Note: I put in some / marks to give you a basic sense of timing if you are playing along with the recording. Each / simply means a strum. Intro: [E]//// //// //// //// [A]//// //// [E]//// //// //// // [B7]// [E]//// ////
Now that it’s all right To burn the stars and stripes Guess no-[A]-body really needs old Uncle [E] Sam Might as well [B7] burn the Bill Of Rights, as well And let our country go straight to hell Only [E] me and crippled [B7] soldiers give a [E] damn Should they [A] throw away their Purple Hearts And hide their uniforms And be [E] proud to hear Old Glory’s on the ground Somebody said they’d take us without firing a shot [A] I don’t know if they will or [E] not But only me and crippled [B7] soldiers give a [E] damn //// //// Instrumental: [A]//// //// //// //// [E]//// //// //// //// [E]/ [A]/ [E]/ [E]//// [B7]//// [E]//// //// Has the Holocaust been so long Is Hitler really gone As we [A] burn our only cause, for Viet-[E]-nam There’s the [B7] mom who lost a son Is this the freedom that we won For only [E] me and crippled [B7] soldiers give a [E] damn I’ve been [A] known to wave the flag before And saddened when we went to war [E] Fighting for the symbol of our land For all the wars we fought and won To [A] keep Old Glory [E] waving Today, they ruled to [B7] burn Old Glory [E] down And only me and crippled [B7] soldiers give a [E] damn / [E]/ [E]/ [Thanks to Gary W for tabs]