Rich Preston, 9/25/01

      Folk style tempo

They Didn't Die Alone

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God bless the home front, the / land of the / free

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Make it safe for our people; we /put -our trust- in/- thee    ( pause)

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The times they are a changing, just like / Dylan once /said

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By a foreign hand, a terrorist band, /  N Y-  streets -ran -/Red

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The/ heartland of A-meri-ca / also bleeds today

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There are/ loved ones who are missing, suddenly/ taken aw/ay

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 Heroes who gave their lives, with out  a /thought for their own

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Wish we had time to say we loved them, and that they /did-n't - die -a/lone-

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 THAT THEY DID- NOT - DIE -/ ALONE… G - C- G -D  (PAUSE)

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Stand strong my bro-thers who have /seen- blood -shed- be /-fore

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This aint the battlefield,  / this ain't Viet/nam

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This is A-me-rica, we /-gotta -/ help -her- stand / strong

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 GOTTA HELP- HER -STAND STRONG 

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From the skies came the terror, that/ rocked the whole/ world

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Shook the stars on Old Glory,  now the / red - white and blue - is un-/furled

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U-nited to-gether, for the/ first time in years

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Our nation looks different, through/ eyes filled- with -/tears     (PAUSE)

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The times they are a changin,  Star/Spangled Banners being sung

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We just wanna let the world know - we are /free-doms daughters and /sons

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We don't buckle in the hard times, these co/lors will not run

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 Liberty often shines brightest after the /setting -of -the- /Sun

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And the heart land of Am-er-ica/ still bleeds today

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Our loved ones are missing, suddenly /taken /a-way

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Heroes gave their lives without a / thought for their own

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Wish there had been time to tell them,

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They-/ did-n't - die -/a-lone

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they/ did-n't /die- /a-lone...       C - G - D - G