Raise Your Bottle

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