Semper Fi Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][F#dim][Bm][Adim][G]

[Verse 1]
My father [G]met
[F#dim]Elean or Roo[Adim]sevelt
In nineteen forty- [G]five
The [F#m]war was finally ov[Bm]er th[C]en
And they [D]were [G]still alive

[Verse 2]
[G]
Her husband was [F#dim]the
[Adim]president
'Til he ran out of [G]time
[F#m]Her Franklin D., wa[Bm]s history[C]
And they put [D]him on the dime
[G]

[Verse 3]
My father joined [F#dim]the
[Adim]leathernecks
To stay out of the [G]mine
[F#dim]The new marin[F#m]e was
[Bm]just sixte[C]en
In nine[D]teen thirty- nine
[G]

[Verse 4]
There were medals and mal
[F#dim]aria[Adim]
The South Pacific [G]War
Through [F#dim]jungles[F#m][F#dim]
[F#m]that were p[Bm]aradise[C]
And were [D]paradise no [G]more

[Verse 5]
[C]
[Bm]Soldiers [D]fight and sol[G]diers [C]die
Sol[Bm]diers [D]live to
wonder [C]why
[Bm]Semper fi, [D]fe- [Em]fo- f[C]um
Look out [Bm]peacetime,
[D]her[G]e we come
[F#dim][Adim][G]

[Verse 6]
Some of [F#dim]the men who did survive
[Adim]Were not the lucky ones[G]
[F#m]War is only good f[Bm]or those
[C]Who make an [D]d sell the gun[G]s

[Verse 7]
My father [F#dim]lay recov[Bsus4]ering
[Adim]The hurt was all inside[G]
[F#m]Sometimes the wounds
[Bm]that never heal[C]
Are [D]the easiest [G]to [C]hide[Bm]
[D][Bm][G][C][Bm]

[Verse 8]
[Am][D]
When [G]Eleanor came [F#dim]bearing gifts
[Adim]To San Francisco Bay[Cm][G]
She [F#m]gave my dad a[Bm] blanket
In the [C]hospit[D]al that [G]day

[Verse 9]
That blanket [F#dim]meant a lot to him
[Adim]My mother has it still[G][F#dim]
[F#m]Some forget the k[Bm]indnesses[C]
That [D]others [G]never will

[Verse 10]
[C]Sol[Bm]diers f[D]ight and soldie[G]rs die
[C]Sol[Bm]diers liv[D]e to wonder why
[C]Semper[Bm] fi,[D] fe-[C] fo- fum[Em][C]
Look [Bm]out peace[D]time,
here [G]we [F#dim]come[Adim]

[Outro 1]
[Adim][G]