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[Intro]
D D
[Verse 1]
D Charles Alexander - didn't come from much
D Big family - not so big in luck
Bm7 Em7But he loved them - he really loved them
D DHe was a fighter
[Verse 2]
D Our Charlie - lived in darker times
D Did his duty - join the Army line
Bm7 Em7Before he had to - he didn't have to
D DHe was a fighter
[Chorus]
D AHe never fought for this
Bm GNew suit and the razor’s kiss
D AA gas light and a cobbled floor
GEveryone had expected more
G D D D DWhen Charlie went to war
[Verse 3]
D Charles Alexander, found himself in France
D Skilled driver, on the big advance
Bm7 Em7But then they shot him, they really caught him
D DHe was a fighter
[Verse 4]
D Our Charlie, prisoner of war
D Dark days of loyalty ignored
Bm7 Em7He spent a year there, a lonely year there
D DHe was a fighter
[Chorus]
D AHe never fought for this
Bm GNew suit and the razor’s kiss
D AA gas light and a cobbled floor
GEveryone had expected more
G D D D DWhen Charlie went to war
[Verse 5]
D Charles Alexander, got to safer lands
D War is over, the peace was in his hands
Bm7 Em7But things were different, really different
D DHe was a fighter
[Verse 6]
D Our Charlie couldn’t face his life
D Dark night and the safety of his knife
Bm7 Em7Laid aside, a suicide ...
D DHe’d been a fighter
[Chorus]
D AHe never fought for this
Bm GNew suit and the razor’s kiss
D AA gas light and a cobbled floor
GEveryone had expected mooooooore
[Chorus]
D AHe never fought for this
Bm GTwo years of a family missed
D AA grave outside the churchyard wall
GHis reward for his duty call ..
BmWhen Charlie - went to war.
[Bridge]
A GAnd like the Hueys and the Stewarts
BmAnd the Gracies and the rest
A GOf the million other souls
Who only tried to Do their beeeeeest
[Chorus]
D AThey never fought for this
Bm GTheir names on a granite list
D AThe cost of de-cisions made
GWhile anthems are loudly played
G NC D D D DWhen Charlie - went to - war
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