G Am G

[Chorus]
G           Am                   G
19 miles to Baghdad, what have I become?
                       Am                            G
New York’s got snow in April, and I can’t locate the sun.
                           Am
Tie a yellow ribbon around something;
                   G
something good has begun.

[Verse]
                    Am
Katy holds up the bible:
                          G
"Are you reading this for fun?"

[Chorus]
            Am
19 miles to Baghdad,
                      G
soldiers load up your guns, and...
                           Am
Tie a yellow ribbon around something;
                   G
something good has begun.

[Verse]
                               Am
The boy in the middle, he sits down to pray.
                              G
He moves to the window, I can see him as he waves.
G
"Hey, Mike! Look out!"
                              Am
Mike calls back: "Billy, I'll be careful!
                      G
I’m just trying to be brave.

[Chorus]
                               Am
So, tie a yellow ribbon around something;
                           G
something lives beyond the grave.

[Instrumental]
Am G Am G

[Verse]
    C                                Em7
The field reveals that something was concealed.
G                      Am
We make a deal to feel again,
                   G              Am
to ask what is the means onto our end.
            Em7           G
What is the cause that we defend?

[Instrumental]
G Am G Am G

[Verse]
G                             Am
The flag is flying across the country,
                        G
me and the band we play the bars.
                                 Am
And Glynn, she points out to the highway,
                                                 G
flags fly the highest where the people buy their cars.

[Chorus]
                       Am
She says: "19 miles to Baghdad;
                           G
I guess we haven’t come so far."

[Verse]
                                  Am
Two planes are flying accross the country,
                        G
New York’s so pretty in the fall.
G
"Hey, Mike! Look out!
                                 Am
Mike calls back: "Billy, I'll be careful!
                                     G
I’m sure they built them to stand so tall.

[Chorus]
            Am
19 miles to Baghdad.
                                 G                          Am
They fall, and were called... to tie a yellow ribbon around something;
                   G
something good has begun.
                           Am
Tie a yellow ribbon around something;
             G
what have we become...