C
F
It’s hard to keep tears out of my eyes
C
G7
For this may be our last goodbye
C
F
Your country calls you to defend this land
C
G7
C
G7
You´ll do your part just like a man
C
F
Down where the river bends
C
G7
With God’s help we’ll meet again
C
F
Under the same old sycamore tree
C
G7
C
Proud of each other and the land of the free
F
I go down to the ocean blue
C
G7
And be as close as I can to you
C
F
Though this old ocean my keep us apart
C
G7
C
G7
It can’t keep you dear out of my heart
C
F
Down where the river bends
C
G7
With God’s help we’ll meet again
C
F
Under the same old sycamore tree
C
G7
C
Proud of each other and the land of the free
F
If the worst should happen and the poppies should wave
C
G7
Over your far and lonely grave
C
F
All the rest of my life I’ll spend in prayer
C
G7
C
I’ll meet you in heaven there’s no war there
C
F
Down where the river bends
C
G7
With God’s help we’ll meet again
C
F
Under the same old sycamore tree
C
G7
C
Proud of each other and the land of the free
F
G7
C
