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Just What We Do

from Songs for Heroes Demo Tapes by Tai Shan

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Written with Veteran Sheldon Hartsfield and Collins Horton

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Just What We Do
©2023 Collins Horton, Tai Shan, Sheldon Hartsfield
Verse:
G
Only did 7 funerals today
I’m the Honor Guard Post 106
C. G
Hug the widow and fold the flag.
We’re here til we’re all dismissed
Bm. Am
That’s how I make it through It’s just what we do

G
I stand for those brave soldiers who fell
I know where they have been
C. G
Don’t call me a hero cuz’ I’m just a man
I do what I do cuz’ I can
Bm. Am
That’ just how I make it through that’s just what we do

C G
I can’t explain it, it runs deep in my bones
C Am
I ate dirt in “Nam” but here I am, I made it home
G C G
Til’ they put me in the ground,
G C
Lay my body down my works never done
G
My work’s never done

G
I come from a family of buffalo soldiers
Dad was a Tuskegee man
C G
I flew on a Huey, machine gun between my legs
Bm. Am
That’ just how I made it through
G
It’s just what we do

Bridge
Em
My heart is heavy my body is tired
G D
I keep going to Keep all their memories alive
Bm Am7
Answer the call when it comes through it’s just what we do

TAG
G C G
Til’ they put me in the ground,
G C
Lay my body down
G
The work’s never done

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from Songs for Heroes Demo Tapes, released September 11, 2023

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Tai Shan Seattle, Washington

Tai Shan is an Americana songwriter whose music has been featured in Billboard Magazine, American Songwriter, Americana UK, and on NPR. Based in Nashville, her songwriting focuses on positive messages. Tai Shan and her husband Austin, have toured the United States and Canada and performed for venues such as the Bluebird and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. ... more

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