Skip Dodge - Pearl Harbor Day Chords & Tabs
Skip Dodge - Pearl Harbor Day Tab
Pearl Harbor Day is a song I wrote about the last day I spent with my Dad before
he passed away suddenly early on the morning of December 8th, 2008. It means a lot
to me, so much that I've never played it for anyone. I've posted the song here as
a kind of therapeutic release. If you've stumbled upon it, I hope you enjoy playing it.
Chords:
C -x-3-2-0-1-3-|
Am7 -x-x-2-0-1-3-|
G -3-2-0-0-0-3-|
F -1-3-3-2-1-1-|
Cdim -x-3-2-0-1-0-|
Em7 -0-2-0-0-0-0-|
Dm -x-x-x-2-3-1-|
Intro
C Am7 G F
-------3------3------3------3-------1-----------------1------------|
----------2-------------2---------------0----------------1---------|
-----0------0------0------0---------------0---------2------2-------|
---------------------------------0----------0----------------1-----|
---3-------------0-------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------3-----------------1-----------------|
Cdim Em7 F F
--------0-------------0---------------1----------------1-----------|
----------1--------------0----------------1---------------1--------|
----0-------0-------0------0--------2-------2--------2------2------|
--------------0--------------0----------------1---------------1----|
--3---------------2------------------------------------------------|
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Verse 1
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/misc_unsigned_bands/skip_dodge_pearl_harbor_day_tab.html ]
C Am7
We brought down the Christmas tree
G F
my brother Rich, my Dad and me
Cdim Em7 F
on that snowless December day.
C Am7
We laughed and joked. What else is new?
G F
That's what we were born to do.
Cdim Em7 F
Re- member when?
Dm G
When laughter came so easily.
Verse 2
Pictures scattered everywhere
Hey Ma look, it's Dad with hair
Those days gone by
I thanked him for the family trips
Close to I love you from my lips
Why can't I say
just how much you mean to me
Chorus
Cdim G F
We should have gone to that parade
despite all the wind and rain
Cdim G F
Pearl Harbor Day
Cdim G F
A day that lives in infamy
that we were far too blind to see
Cdim G F
Pearl Harbor Day
Dm
Let us always remember
G
the Seventh of December
Cdim G F
Pearl Harbor Day
(repeat intro)
Verse 3
The day was done, I headed home
I did not know the hell to come
It was a lovely day
At 3 AM I got the call
Another sailor had to fall
What a fateful day
You were just sitting next to me
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro
C Am7 G F
-------3------3------3------3-------3-----------------1------------|
----------2-------------2---------------0----------------1---------|
-----0------0------0------0---------------0---------2------2-------|
---------------------------------0----------0----------------1-----|
---3-------------0-------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------3-----------------1-----------------|
Cdim Em7 F G C
--------0-------------0---------------1---------------3----------3-|
----------1--------------0----------------1-------------0--------1-|
----0-------0-------0------0--------2-------1-------------0------0-|
--------------0--------------0----------------2-----0-------0----2-|
--3---------------2----------------------------------------------3-|
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