Artist: Corb Lund
[VERSE 1]
Honey, [D]don't tell the boys I been t[F#]alkin' like this
'Cause I c[Em]an't have 'em think[D]in' I'm scared
[D]Truth is I ain't afraid a'n[F#]othin' no more
I'm t[Em]ired and I just don't c[D]are
[D]How many tours is [F#]too many tours
[Em]My baby she'd like to [D]know
'Cause always there at the b[F#]ack a'my mind
Is that [Em]Jody's there when I g[D]o
[CHORUS]
N[D]ever let 'em send me ba[Am]ck to Sadr City
N[D]ever let 'em send me b[Am]ack
Some s[D]hit went down, d[Am]own in Sadr City
Some s[D]hit went down in I[C]raq
I ain't goin' ba[D]ck
[VERSE 2]
Well I was t[D]here in '04 when it f[F#]irst got hot
And M[Em]uqtada's local fighters em[D]erged
E[D]arned a Purple Heart via Se[F#]ven-Six-Two
And anot[Em]her later during the S[D]urge
Di[D]dn't know nothin' back t[F#]hen, didn't care
It was get [Em]it on and kick us some a[D]ss
Cou[D]ldn't tell a Sunni from a S[F#]hia from the Kurds
But they [Em]educated me pretty f[D]ast
[CHORUS]
N[D]ever let 'em send me ba[Am]ck to Sadr City
N[D]ever let 'em send me bac[Am]k
Some s[D]hit went down, d[Am]own in Sadr City
Some s[D]hit went down in I[C]raq
I ain't goin' ba[C]ck
[VERSE 3]
Well it was p[D]retty touch n'go from the ve[F#]ry first light
Fiercest a[Em]ction that I'd ever s[D]een
A[D]mbush come and we had[F#]da' dismount
Get bu[Em]sy, fight it out in the str[D]eets
Well all he[D]ll broke loose, takin' f[F#]ire from the rooftops
[Em]Haji launchin' R[D]PGs
[D]Fightin' runnin' battles with[F#] militias in the alleys
D[Em]raggin' on and on week after we[D]ek
Takin' h[D]its at fifty metres from a shr[F#]ine nearby
But they wo[Em]uldn't let us light up a mo[D]sque
Then our ta[D]nks rolled in, real ha[F#]rd real heavy
But they cou[Em]ldn't help the guys that we lo[D]st
[CHORUS]
Ne[D]ver let 'em send me ba[Am]ck to Sadr City
N[D]ever let 'em send me ba[Am]ck
Some sh[D]it went down, d[Am]own in Sadr City
Some [D]shit went down in Ir[C]aq
I ain't goin' bac[D]k
[VERSE 4]
Well I don'[D]t know if it matters to the f[F#]olks back home
But they sa[Em]y they're all supportin' the tr[D]oops
There's no[D] time anyway to be dwe[F#]lling on that
Out here thin[Em]kin's only for fo[D]ols
And as [D]long as there's no lack of yo[F#]ung man willin'
To r[Em]ide to the sound of the gu[D]ns
I'll be [D]waking up dreaming of the M[F#]ahdi Army
And of [Em]both sides losing their s[D]ons
[FINAL CHORUS]
They ai[D]n't a-gonna send me back[Am] to Sadr City
They ai[D]n't a-gonna send me ba[Am]ck
My ord[D]ers came through and ba[Am]be it isn't pretty
It's Af[D]ghanistan instead of Ir[C]aq
They're sending me ba[C]ck
Honey, [D]don't tell the boys I been t[F#]alkin' like this
'Cause I c[Em]an't have 'em think[D]in' I'm scared
[D]Truth is I ain't afraid a'n[F#]othin' no more
I'm t[Em]ired and I just don't c[D]are
[D]How many tours is [F#]too many tours
[Em]My baby she'd like to [D]know
'Cause always there at the b[F#]ack a'my mind
Is that [Em]Jody's there when I g[D]o
[CHORUS]
N[D]ever let 'em send me ba[Am]ck to Sadr City
N[D]ever let 'em send me b[Am]ack
Some s[D]hit went down, d[Am]own in Sadr City
Some s[D]hit went down in I[C]raq
I ain't goin' ba[D]ck
[VERSE 2]
Well I was t[D]here in '04 when it f[F#]irst got hot
And M[Em]uqtada's local fighters em[D]erged
E[D]arned a Purple Heart via Se[F#]ven-Six-Two
And anot[Em]her later during the S[D]urge
Di[D]dn't know nothin' back t[F#]hen, didn't care
It was get [Em]it on and kick us some a[D]ss
Cou[D]ldn't tell a Sunni from a S[F#]hia from the Kurds
But they [Em]educated me pretty f[D]ast
[CHORUS]
N[D]ever let 'em send me ba[Am]ck to Sadr City
N[D]ever let 'em send me bac[Am]k
Some s[D]hit went down, d[Am]own in Sadr City
Some s[D]hit went down in I[C]raq
I ain't goin' ba[C]ck
[VERSE 3]
Well it was p[D]retty touch n'go from the ve[F#]ry first light
Fiercest a[Em]ction that I'd ever s[D]een
A[D]mbush come and we had[F#]da' dismount
Get bu[Em]sy, fight it out in the str[D]eets
Well all he[D]ll broke loose, takin' f[F#]ire from the rooftops
[Em]Haji launchin' R[D]PGs
[D]Fightin' runnin' battles with[F#] militias in the alleys
D[Em]raggin' on and on week after we[D]ek
Takin' h[D]its at fifty metres from a shr[F#]ine nearby
But they wo[Em]uldn't let us light up a mo[D]sque
Then our ta[D]nks rolled in, real ha[F#]rd real heavy
But they cou[Em]ldn't help the guys that we lo[D]st
[CHORUS]
Ne[D]ver let 'em send me ba[Am]ck to Sadr City
N[D]ever let 'em send me ba[Am]ck
Some sh[D]it went down, d[Am]own in Sadr City
Some [D]shit went down in Ir[C]aq
I ain't goin' bac[D]k
[VERSE 4]
Well I don'[D]t know if it matters to the f[F#]olks back home
But they sa[Em]y they're all supportin' the tr[D]oops
There's no[D] time anyway to be dwe[F#]lling on that
Out here thin[Em]kin's only for fo[D]ols
And as [D]long as there's no lack of yo[F#]ung man willin'
To r[Em]ide to the sound of the gu[D]ns
I'll be [D]waking up dreaming of the M[F#]ahdi Army
And of [Em]both sides losing their s[D]ons
[FINAL CHORUS]
They ai[D]n't a-gonna send me back[Am] to Sadr City
They ai[D]n't a-gonna send me ba[Am]ck
My ord[D]ers came through and ba[Am]be it isn't pretty
It's Af[D]ghanistan instead of Ir[C]aq
They're sending me ba[C]ck
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