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Am                    Em 
elijah was a seargant forty two years old 
G                 D 
from mesa arizona elijah wont grow old 
Am                       Em 
patrick was with c troop second armored cav 
G                            D 
his buddies all remember how patrick loved to laugh 
Am                           Em 
seth was from east brunswick just a newlywed  
G                                    D 
somewhere in new jersey seth's young widow bows her head 
Am                     Em 
daniel was from boston shipped out from fort bragg 
G                          D 
his mother got back daniel with a folded flag 


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Am              Em                 G                   D 
oh big airplane bring em down easy out of the delaware sky 
Am              Em                  G                     D       Am 
oh big airplane dover is waiting to welcome the heros you fly.....home  

Verse 
Am                      Em 
william served in anbar combat engineer 
G                     D 
first marine division william is not here 
Am                       Em 
alan rebuilt bridges for batalion b 
G                                     D 
next to cause of death they wrote the letters i.e.d. 
Am                       Em 
gussie was a scrub nurse hailing from fort bliss  
G                        D 
gussie had a spirit this worlds gonna miss 
Am                   Em 
jeramiah's son cries on his momma's knee 
G                             D 
there was no armor plating on his dad's hmmv 


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Am              Em                 G                   D 
oh big airplane bring em down easy out of the delaware sky 
Am              Em                  G                      D 
oh big airplane dover is waiting to welcome the fallen you fly 

Bridge 
Em                           D 
scrubbed wooden pallets with white straps cinched over  
Em                         D 
long boxes of flag drapped aluminum 
Em                         D 
the c-5 is crowded when it lands in dover 
Em                            D 
the honor guard comes to make room again  
Em                      D 
and again and again and again 

Verse  
Am                          Em 
make it straight for nineva just like jonas wale 
G                           D 
holy truth you swallow over seas you sail  
Am                   Em 
sacred is your cargo precious was their gift  
G                            D 
offered in a sand storm from which your wings lift 
Am                           Em 
those who should take notice can't watch you set down 
G                         D 
behind barbed wire fences miles from their town  
Am                          Em 
no one breathes to question this silent parade  
G                                   D   
except for the anguished loved ones left to say 
 

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Am              Em                 G                   D 
oh big airplane bring em down easy out of the delaware sky 
Am              Em                  G                     D       Am 
oh big airplane dover is waiting to welcome the heros you fly.....home