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d%abc-2.1 X:1 %%stretchlast T:Hey Sandy Z:Webmaster C:Harvey Andrews N:Just my first take on the tune from memory. I will re-visit when I can. M:4/4 L:1/4 Q:1/2=70 K:C P:chorus d2 B G | A2 _G D | EG G E | D4 | w:Hey San-dy, Hey San-dy. Why were you the one? B B c B | A A B A | G G G A | B4 | w:All the years of grow-ing up are wast-ed now and gone. G/2G/2 A A A | G/2G/2 A A A | G/2G/2 A A A | B (c2 | w:Did you see them turn? Did you feel the burn of the bul-lets as they flew - d2) d2 | B G A2 | _G D E G | G A B3/2 z/2 | w:* Hey San-dy, hey, San-dy, just what did you do? B2 c B | A2 B A | G G E C | D4 | w:Hey San-dy, hey, San-dy, just what did you do? % P:verse G/2 A/2 c c c | c/2 c/2 B A A/2 A/2 | G/2 A/2 c c c | B A3 | w:1~~Well, the sun was hot and the air was hea-vy As the mar-ching men came by, w:And you ran to the door to watch them pass And you asked the sol-diers, "Why?" %G/2 A/2 c c c | c/2 c/2 B A A/2 A/2 | G/2 A/2 c c c | B A3 | w:But the sound of the steel and the black boot's heel Was poun-ding in your head, w:And your free-dom's passed they have come at last With the bles-sings of the dead. % % W:ch W:Hey Sandy, hey Sandy why were you the one? W:All the years of growing up are wasted now and gone. W:Did you see them turn, did you feel the burn W:of the bullets as they flew? W:Hey Sandy, hey Sandy just what did you do? W:Hey Sandy, hey Sandy just what did you do? W: W:1 W:Well the sun was hot and the air was heavy W:as the marching men came by W:And you ran to the door and you watched then pass W:and you asked the soldiers "Why?" W:The sound of the steel and the black boot's heel W:were pounding in your head W:And your freedom's past, they have come at last, W:with the blessings of the dead. W: W:2 W:In the college square they were standing there W:with flag and with the gun W:And the whispered word as the young ones stirred was W:"Now at last they've come" W:And the air was still with the lonely thrill W:of now the hour is near W:And the smell of sweat was better yet W:than the awful stench of fear. W: W:3 W:Through the air the shout as you all ran out was W:"Why are these things done?" W:And you stood and you stared but no one cared W:for another campus bum W:And your songs were dead and the hymns instead W:were to the burning pyre W:And the words of youth, like love and truth, W:just ashes in the fire. W: W:4 W:Did you throw the stone at the men alone W:with their bayonets fixed for hire? W:Did you doubt that they would, say no one could, W:did you scream when they opened fire? W:As the square ran red and your bloodstain spread W:and the darkness round you grew W:Through the fear and the pain did you call the name W:of the man you never knew?
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