Chords for The Masonic Ring by Howie Damron

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_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ [Bm]
[D] He always shines a special light to everyone he meets.
He loves [A] to [D] talk and shake the [Em] hands of everyone he [A] greets.
[G] He's always [A] optimistic, [D] he'll give you anything.
_ [G] On his hand he proudly wears [D] a ring.
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[D] I'd seen the emblem often [G] on signs [A] in many [D] towns.
And you'll see [A] it on [Bm] old tombstones
[Em] and graveyards all around.
[A] [G] So I asked if [A] he would tell me [D] exactly [A] what [G] it means.
He smiled and [A] said, I'll tell you about [D] this ring.
_ [Bm] It's the way that I [F#m] can tell the world [G] the [A] kind of man I [D] am.
That [G] I put my trust [D] in God above [G] and for [D] brotherhood I stand.
[A] It [G] reminds me to [A] be honest [D] and to [A] remember [G] once I came.
I'm a man that you [D] can count on.
[Em] That's why I [A] wear [D] this ring.
_ [G] So [D] _ _ _ [G] _
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[G] _ [D] with shaken voice I returned [G] all [A] my three [D] degrees.
[C#] Just [Bm] before I saw the [D] light [G] while bending on [A] my knees.
[G] The room was all so [A]
silent, [D] all at [A] once I [G] got to see.
My eyes begin [D] to focus [Em] on dad and my [A] own ring.
Now [Bm] it's the way that [F#m] I will tell the [G] world the kind of [A] man I [D] am.
[G] That I put my trust in [D] God above and [G] for brotherhood I [D] stand.
[A] [G] It reminds me to be [A] honest, [D] to remember [A] once [G] I came.
I'll be a man that you can [D] count on.
[G] That's why [A] I'll wear [D] this ring.
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[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] Tonight I watched as my son [G] [A] returned his own [D] E.H. _ _
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