Readjustment Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][G][F][Am]

[Verse 1]
[Am]Just out of the
in[G]fantry this [F]morning,
[Am]I had to pay my [G]dues across [F]the sea,
But [G]no one back in [F]boot camp
ever [Am]warned me,
What the [G]readjustment [F]blues
would do [Am]to me.[G]
[Am]"Welcome to Havan[G]nah",
said the pi[F]lot,
[Am]"We must have made a wrong
[G]turn on the way[F]."
[G]"Let's buy some ci[F]gars
and keep it [Am]quiet,
If [G]they don't know we're [F]here
we'll get [Am]away."
Just as I had [G]realized he was [F]joking,
I [Am]saw we were in W[G]ashington [F]D.C.,
'Cause [G]there was all the [F]pat
riotic [Am]buildings.
[G]Just like I had [F]seen them on T.V.
[Am]It m[G]ust have been a holiday,
[F]'cause there was thi[Am]s par[C]ade.
[G]People carried signs I couldn't [F]read
that [Am]they had [C]made.[Em]
'Till I got [Am]closer and my [F]heart
fell to [C]my socks;
There was a battle ra[G]ging and
The air was [F]filled with teargas and rocks.
[Am]There was the flag I'd [G]fought
against so of[F]ten,
The [Am]one I fought for h[G]anging
[F]upside down,
The [G]wind was blowing hard,
[F]the dirt was fly[Am]ing,
It [G]made the city [F]sky look
dark and [Am]brown.
I saw a girl,
[G]she could have been my sister,[F]
[Am]Except her hair was long
[G]and in her fac[F]e,
[G]She explained this [F]was a
demon[Am]stration,
[G]Against the war and [F]for the
human [Am]race.
Now I've seen a lot of [G]strange
things in my [F]travels,
[Am]Cannibals, yes, [G]and aliens galor[F]e,
But I [G]never thought I'd [F]see
so many [Am]people
[G]Saying we don't [F]want your [Am]+ + + war!
[G]The troops all had on uniforms
[F]Just like the one [Am]I'd [C]worn,
But [G]they were all domestic and
[F]my duty chose [G]war.[C][Em]
They carried [Am]guns just like the
[F]ones across the sea,
Except [C]this time I was the [G]citizen
And they were [F]pointing their guns at [Am]me,
Yes, [C]I was just a c[G]itizen and
I was [F]walking down [Am]the street,
And it was [C]just then that the
Re[G]adjustment [F]Blues

[Outro 1]
Got through to me.
[A][Am][G][F][Am]