Wish It Was True
CAPO: 2nd Fret
INTRO: C
F C
Mother, tried to do right by you
F C
To do what you asked me to
G C C
I did wrong and I knew
F C
Mother, I tried to behave for you
F C
Now I'm a-digging a grave for you
G C F
It was all I could do
G A11 F Fsus2
Find a way back home, make everything new
F C C
But I wish it was true
F C
Father, well I'll give my soul to you
F C
I came in blindfolded for you
G C F
It was all that I knew
G A11F
Open your arms and I'll fly out of hell up to you
C Dm
But I wish it was true
BRIDGE:
F
Boy come on out from the cold
C
You're lost outside there, don't you know
G
It's not what you say, it's what you do
Dm
Just keep wishing your wishes are true
F
Well your dreams they're reality now
C
There's no pain, there's no misery
G
Just polish the blood and the bruise
F
For there's just no way you can lose
C C
But I wish it was true
F C
Country, I was a soldier for you
F C
I did what you asked me to
G C C
It was wrong and you knew
F C
Country, now I'm just a stranger to you
F C
A number, a name, it's true
G C F
Throw me away when you're through
G F
The home of the brave and free, the red white and blue
C FCFCC
But I wish it was true