Artist: Steve Earle | Song: Rich Man's War

Artist/Band: Earle Steve Tabs
Song: Rich Man's War Tab

Rich Man�s War
By Steve Earle
rmofle at satx.rr.com
10/17/2004

Capo 2

D                               A               D 
Jimmy joined the army �cause he had no place to go
      D                                                               Em
There ain�t nobody hirin� �round here since all the jobs went down to Mexico
G                                                      A
Reckoned that he�d learn himself a trade maybe see the world
G                                    A
Move to the city someday and marry a black haired girl
G                       D          
Somebody somewhere had another plan
G                    D
Now he�s got a rifle in his hand
D                    A                         Bm   G
Rollin� into Baghdad wonderin� how he got this far
D                     A                         D     
Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man�s war


Bobby had an eagle and a flag tattooed on his arm
Red white and blue to the bone when he landed in Kandahar
Left behind a pretty young wife and a baby girl
A stack of overdue bills and went off to save the world
Been a year now and he�s still there
Chasin� ghosts in the thin dry air
Meanwhile back at home the finance company took his car
Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man�s war


Bride:
Bm           G
When will we ever learn
D            A
When will we ever see
Bm              G
We stand up and take our turn
D              A
And tellin� ourselves we�re free


Ali was the second son of a second son
Grew up in Gaza throwing bottles and rocks when the tanks would come
Ain�t nothin� else to do around here just a game children play
Somethin� �bout livin� in fear all your life makes you hard that way
He answered when he got the call
Wrapped himself in death and praised Allah
A fat man in a new Mercedes drove him to the door
Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man�s war