[Intro]
[C] [F] [C] [F]
[Verse 1]
There's a [C]memory that rings clear as a bell
I was bouncing like a bull rider on his [Am]knee
I sure [C]miss those old stories that he'd [F]tell
From a [G]hobo on a freight train
To a sailor out at sea
My [C]granny says that I've got his smile
He's the [Am]reason I take pride in my last name
No he [F]never made the headlines
Nobody sings his song
So for [G]every unsung hero I'm singing this today
[Chorus]
So raise your [Am]bottle to the boys and let's [C]remember
All the [Am]fallen and the price they had to [C]pay
Hold them up [Dm]high and salute all the [C]ones that made it back
And for the [G]ones away from home, don't forget to [F]pray
[Verse 2]
Grand[C]pa could sing you every Hank Williams song
But it's [Am]Amazing Grace that [C]brought him back [Am]around
He'd [F]shed a tear talking about the day
That [G]German gunner shot his best friend down
My [C]daddy fought a war some say in vain
He [Am]came home in a wheel chair, and he walks with a cane
Seems like [F]every generation has to pay the cost
I [G]think about my family
And the good friends that we've lost
[Chorus]
So raise your [Am]bottle to the boys and let's [C]remember
All the [Am]fallen and the price they had to [C]pay
Hold them up [Dm]high and salute all the [C]ones that made it back
And for the [G]ones away from home, don't forget to [F]pray
[Bridge]
From Norman[Dm]dy to Korea, to [C]Khe Sanh, Vietnam
Heart[F]aches [C]streach from coast to coast
From Bunker [Dm]Hill to Fallujah, Gettys[C]burg, to Japan
Every[F]one who's ever [C]served or lost some[F]one
Let's make a [G]toast[F][Em][Dm]
[Chorus]
So raise your [Am]bottle to the boys and let's [C]remember
All the [Am]fallen and the price they had to [C]pay
Hold them up [Dm]high and salute all the [C]ones that made it back
And for the [G]ones away from home, don't forget to [F]pray
[Outro]
[C] [F] [C] [F] [C] [E] [G] [C]
[C] [F] [C] [F]
[Verse 1]
There's a [C]memory that rings clear as a bell
I was bouncing like a bull rider on his [Am]knee
I sure [C]miss those old stories that he'd [F]tell
From a [G]hobo on a freight train
To a sailor out at sea
My [C]granny says that I've got his smile
He's the [Am]reason I take pride in my last name
No he [F]never made the headlines
Nobody sings his song
So for [G]every unsung hero I'm singing this today
[Chorus]
So raise your [Am]bottle to the boys and let's [C]remember
All the [Am]fallen and the price they had to [C]pay
Hold them up [Dm]high and salute all the [C]ones that made it back
And for the [G]ones away from home, don't forget to [F]pray
[Verse 2]
Grand[C]pa could sing you every Hank Williams song
But it's [Am]Amazing Grace that [C]brought him back [Am]around
He'd [F]shed a tear talking about the day
That [G]German gunner shot his best friend down
My [C]daddy fought a war some say in vain
He [Am]came home in a wheel chair, and he walks with a cane
Seems like [F]every generation has to pay the cost
I [G]think about my family
And the good friends that we've lost
[Chorus]
So raise your [Am]bottle to the boys and let's [C]remember
All the [Am]fallen and the price they had to [C]pay
Hold them up [Dm]high and salute all the [C]ones that made it back
And for the [G]ones away from home, don't forget to [F]pray
[Bridge]
From Norman[Dm]dy to Korea, to [C]Khe Sanh, Vietnam
Heart[F]aches [C]streach from coast to coast
From Bunker [Dm]Hill to Fallujah, Gettys[C]burg, to Japan
Every[F]one who's ever [C]served or lost some[F]one
Let's make a [G]toast[F][Em][Dm]
[Chorus]
So raise your [Am]bottle to the boys and let's [C]remember
All the [Am]fallen and the price they had to [C]pay
Hold them up [Dm]high and salute all the [C]ones that made it back
And for the [G]ones away from home, don't forget to [F]pray
[Outro]
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