C
F
C
The warships had landed and I came ashore
F
C
D7
G7
The fighting was over for me evermore
C
F
C
For I had been wounded they left me for dead
F
C
G7
C
A stone for my pillow and snow for my bed
G7
C
The enemy found me and took me away
D7
G7
And made me a prisoner of war so they say
C
F
C
But God in his mercy was with me one day
F
C
G7
C
The gate was left open and I ran away
F
C
I returned to the old home my sweet wife to see
F
C
D7
G7
The home I had built for my darling and me
C
F
C
The door I then opened and there on a stand
F
C
G7
C
I saw a picture of her and a man
G7
C
The clothes she was wearing told me the sad tale
D7
G7
My darling was wearing a new bridal veil
C
F
C
Then I found a letter and these words I read
F
C
G7
C
Missing in Action she thought I was dead
F
C
So I kissed her picture and whispered goodbye
F
C
D7
G7
My poor heart was breaking but my eyes were dry
C
F
C
I knew it was too late for her now to learn
F
C
G7
C
I knew she must never know I had returned
G7
C
A vagabond dreamer forever I’ll roam
D7
G7
Because there was no one to welcome me home
C
F
C
The face of my darling no more will I see
F
C
G7
C
For Missing in Action forever I’ll be
F
C
G7
D7
