Near the Memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln

(Chorus 1) D G F A All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln D G F A All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln D G F A All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln D G F A All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln (Verse 1) CCm CCm C#m C At the refreshment stand C#m C A boy throws out his hands C#m C As if to feed the starlings C#m C But really he throws nothing D G It's just to watch them jump D G See the people coming C#m C They're moving over the grass C#m C To squeeze into plastic chairs (Chorus 2) D G F A All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln D G F A All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln D G F A All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln D G F A All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln (Verse 2) CCm CCm C#m C Three notes, a bugle call C#m C A black man in overalls C#m C Arrives to empty the trash C#m C Hauls it to a metal hatch D G A doorway opens up D G To the underworld C#m C The boy throws empty hands C#m C And the starlings jump (Chorus 3) D G F A All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln D G F A All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln D G F A All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln D G F A All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln