Raise Your Bottle Chords by Aaron Watson

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[F] _ _ _ _ [C] There's a memory that rings clear as a bell _ I [Am] was bouncing like a bull rider on his knees
I [F] 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 _ [G] [F] No he never made the headlines, nobody sings
his [G] song So for every unsung hero I'm singing this today
So [Am] raise your bottle to the boys and [C] let's remember
All [Am] the falling and the price they [C] had to pay
Hold them [D] up high and salute [C] all the ones that made it back
And [G] for the ones away from home, don't forget [F] to pray
_ _ Grandpa _ _ [C]
could sing you every Hank Williams song
_ [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 thought I wore some say in vain
[G] When [Am] he came home in a wheelchair, he walks [Em] with a cane
It [F] seems like every generation has to pay the [G] cost
I think about my family and the good friends that we've lost
So [Am] raise your bottle to the boys and [C] let's remember
All [Am] the falling and the price they [C] had to pay
Hold [D] them up high and [Dm] salute [C] all the ones that made it back
And [G] for the ones away from home, don't [D] forget [F] to pray
_ From _ _ _ [Dm]
Normandy to Korea [Em] to Quezon, [F] Vietnam
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Heartaches and heads don't stretch from [C] coast to coast
From [Dm] Bunker Hill to Fallujah, [C] Gettysburg to Japan
[F] To everyone who's ever served or lost someone, let's [G] make it so
[Dm] So _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] [Am] raise your bottle to the boys and [C] let's remember
_ [Am] All the falling and the price they had [Em] to [Am] pay
[G] [D] Hold them up high [Dm] and salute all the [C] ones that made it back
And [G] for the ones away from home, _ don't forget to [F] pray _
_ _ _ [C] Don't forget to pray _
_ [F] _ _ Don't [C] forget to pray _
_ _ [F] Don't forget to [C] pray _
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