[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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    Gunshots s

hatter in the 

peace of night
         
    It's just 

another firefi

ght
             
    For the pe

              
ople of this l

      
ittle town
        
    But for th

e dying soldie

r
              
    Well he's 


feeling ten ye

ars older
             
    As he's ly

              
ing face down 

       
on the ground
    
    All the wo

rds that are i

n his head
        
    And all th

e words that h

is mother said
             
    As she wou

              
ld put him to 

         
bed back home

[Chorus]
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    Your Daddy

             
 when he died 

       
in the Falklan

ds
            
    Fighting f

    
or another man

's cause
             
    And your b

              
rother he was 

             
killed in the 


last war
             
    And your m

              
other, well sh

             
e's lying home

 
 alone

Verse Two
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    Everyday s

he sees your f

ace
           
    On the pic

ture on the fi

replace
              
    With your 

             
brother as he 

            
was leaving sc

hool
           
    Then a day

 came five yea

rs ago
             
    You said "

Mother, I need

 to know"
             
    And you sp

              
oke the words 

              
your brother s

       
poke before
    
    "I know th

e things my Da

ddy done
             
    And I've s

een the medals

 that he's won
             
    And I know

              
 this is what 

              
he would have 

         
wanted for me

     

[Chorus]
    ++++++
             
    Your Daddy

             
 when he died 

        
in the Falklan

ds
            
    Fighting f

    
or another man

's cause
             
    And your b

              
rother he was 

             
killed in the 


last war
             
    And your m

              
other, well sh

             
e's lying home

 
 alone

[Bridge]
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    Now she wo

            
nders at it al

  
l
             
    Just in wh

             
ose name, do t

            
hese brave you

         
ng heros fall
             
    And how ma

             
ny more are go

            
nna answer tha

  
t call
              
    They're go

             
nna fight and 

           
die in another

           
 country's war
              
    They're go

             
nna die for a 

             
religion didn'

            
t believe in a

  
t all
              
    They're go

            
nna die in a p

              
lace they shou

   
ld never been 

at all
        
    Oh, never 

been at all

[Chorus]
    ++++++
             
    Your Daddy

             
 when he died 

         
in the Falklan

ds
            
    Fighting f

    
or another man

's cause
             
    And your b

              
rother he was 

             
killed in the 


last war
             
    And your m

              
other, well sh

             
e's lying home

 
 alone


        (Repeat six times)

[Chorus]
    ++++++
             
    Your Daddy

             
 when he died 

        
in the Falklan

ds
            
    Fighting f

    
or another man

's cause
             
    And your b

              
rother he was 

             
killed in the 


last war
             
    And your m

              
other, well sh

             
e's lying home

 
 alone