G                                       D7 
Well I used to hang out down at the VFW hall 

                                       G 
And stare at the photographs up on the wall 

                                                          D7 
Of the neighborhood boys that died in the wars we've been through 

                                                    G 
And the hand lettered sign that said remember Jimmy McGrew 


                                 D7 
Well Jimmy went to Nam back in 1965 

                                                              G 
But there's a lot of men here that think Jimmy McGrew's still alive 

                                                     D7 
Though they carved his name on a stone in Washington DC 

                                                   G 
His brother said that stone don't prove a thing to me 


               C                     G 
It's veteran's day and the skies are gray 

                                                       D7 
Leave the uniforms home cause there ain't gonna be a parade 

          G                                                C 
But we'll fill up a glass for the ones that didn't make it through 

            G                     D7              G 
And leave a light in the window tonight for Jimmy McGrew 


                                                     D7 
There's a hot rain falling on the back streets of Saigon 

                                                              G 
There's an old soldier stumbling down the alley with his mama-san 

                                                    D7 
Lord his eyes are cloudy and his arms are black and blue 

                                                      G 
He's just hanging by a thread and he looks like Jimmy McGrew 


               C                     G 
It's veteran's day and the skies are gray 

                                                       D7 
Leave the uniforms home cause there ain't gonna be a parade 

          G                                                C 
But we'll fill up a glass for the ones that didn't make it through 

            G                     D7              G 
And leave a light in the window tonight for Jimmy McGrew 



And keep it burning bright there may still be 
  

A lot of Jimmy McGrews over there 

                                                           C 
But we'll fill up a glass for the ones that didn't make it through 

            G                     D7              G 
And leave a light in the window tonight for Jimmy McGrew