Key: C
Introduction: C F C F
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