La Mi
The old colonel was a veteran
Fa#m Mim
Each night he'd take his medicine
Re
And stay up watching Letterman
Re
Trying to forget
La Mi
The things he saw when he was young
Fa#m Mim
The carnage and the sound of guns
Re
He kept his pain from everyone
Re
With the ink inside his pen
La Mi
The colonel kept a journal of his troubles and regrets
Fa#m Mim
His battles were internal, raging wars inside his head
Re
'Til the end, he was a soldier
Rem
'Cause the fight was never over
La Mi
The colonel kept a journal and he left it in a box
Fa#m Mim
Buried in the basement underneath some dirty socks
Re
´Til the end, he was a soldier
Rem
'Cause the fight was never over
La Mi
And the day he died, his kids flew in
Fa#m Mim
Took some time just to remember him
Re
They cleaned up his old medicine
Re
As everybody wept
La Mi
They were packing up the cellar
Fa#m Mim
When they found his diary, read it and
Re
Couldn't believe the things he said
Re
With the ink inside his pen
La Mi
The colonel kept a journal of his troubles and regrets
Fa#m Mim
His battles were internal, raging wars inside his head
Re
'Til the end, he was a soldier
Rem
'Cause the fight was never over
La Mi
The colonel kept a journal and he left it in a box
Fa#m Mim
Buried in the basement underneath some dirty socks
Re
'Til the end, he was a soldier
Rem
'Cause the fight was never over
La Mi Fa#m
Mmmm-mmm
Mim Re Rem
Mmmm-mmm
La Mi
The old colonel was a veteran
Fa#m Mim
My granddad, and a gentleman
Re
I'll always remember him
Re
Oh, I swear I won´t forget
La Mi
The things he saw when he was young
Fa#m Mim
The carnage and the sound of guns
Re
And the pain he kept from everyone
Rem
With the ink inside his pen
La Mi
The colonel kept a journal of his troubles and regrets
Fa#m Mim
His battles were internal, raging wars inside his head
Re
´Til the end, he was a soldier
Rem
'Cause the fight was never over
La Mi
The colonel kept a journal and he left it in a box
Fa#m Mim
Buried in the basement underneath some dirty socks
Re
´Til the end, he was a soldier
Rem
'Cause the fight was never over
La Mi Fa#m
Mmmm-mmm
Mim Re Rem
Mmmm-mmm
The Colonels Journal accordi
di Alec Benjamin
