Bm A   Em   D   Bm A   Em   D
Bm A   Em   A

   [Verse 1]
D                A            D                A     G6
Saw Vietnam as a partisan and wished I'd never been
D                  A                    D                A    G6
As I held the rope on through the scope I wish I'd never seen
D                        A                  D                  A       G6
Where the air turned red as the bodies bled into a schoolboy's dream
D                        A          D                  A
But who were there could only stare into this wondrous scene


   [Chorus]
G6   Bm      D      A
     Yankee, to war
Em   Bm      D        A
     Yankee, head high
Em   Bm      D       A
     Yankee, in call
Em   Bm      D     A
     Yankee, we cry

   [Link]
D    A    D   A  G6
D    A    D   A  G6

   [Verse 2]
D                 A           D                  A     G6
In Germany in the forty five, my mind was on the altar
D                   A            D                   A       G6
Thought of god, the iron rod and thought that needed shelter
D                      A              D                  A      G6
From 'Tragen' pain and men insane and eyes that got much colder
D                       A                D            A
Saw a German son with a Yankee gun and a uniform much older


   [Chorus]
G6   Bm      D      A
     Yankee, to war
Em   Bm      D        A
     Yankee, head high
Em   Bm      D       A
     Yankee, in call
Em   Bm      D      A
     Yankee, we cry


   [Bridge]
D                      G6 G
Working for the Yankee dollar
D                      G6 G
Working for the Yankee dollar
D                      G6 G
Working for the Yankee dollar
D                      G6 G
Working for the Yankee dollar


   [Instrumental]
A   Asus4    A   Asus4
D   A     D    A   G6
D   A     D    A   G6

   [Verse 3]
D                 A               D                   A   G6
Processions bear that human flare which mark a hero's welcome
D                  A              D            A    G6
For those dead and for those shed it was a big occasion
D                 A                 D                   A     G6
And all flags and Yankee mags which embroidered all the meaning
D                 A                D                A
In an oversight, forgot the fight, which never bore elation


   [Chorus]
G6   Bm      D      A
     Yankee, to war
Em   Bm      D        A
     Yankee, head high
Em   Bm      D       A
     Yankee, in call
Em   Bm      D      A
     Yankee, we cry


   [Instrumental]
Bm A   Em   D   Bm A   Em   D
Bm A   Em   D   Bm A   Em   A
D          D
D    G6 G     D     G6 G


   [Bridge]
D                      G6 G
Working for the Yankee dollar
D                      G6 G
Working for the Yankee dollar
D                      G6 G
Working for the Yankee dollar
D                      G6 G
Working for the Yankee dollar
D                      G6 G
Working for the Yankee dollar


   [Outro]
G6   Bm      D      A
     Yankee, to war
Em   Bm      D        A
     Yankee, head high
Em   Bm      D       A
     Yankee, in call
Em   Bm      D      A
     Yankee, we cry