Arlington Chords by Trace Adkins

[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
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_ _ I never thought that [Eb] this is [Bb] where I'd settle down.
[Eb] [Bb] I thought I'd die an [Eb] old [Bb] man back in my hometown.
[Dm] They [Gm] gave me this plot of land, _ [Eb] me and some other men,
[F] for a [Bb] job well done.
[Eb] [Bb] There's a big white house, it's on a hill just up the road.
[Eb] [Bb] The man inside, he cried the day they brought me home.
[Dm] They [Gm] folded up a flag and [Eb] told my mom and [Bb] dad,
we're proud of your son.
[Eb] And I'm proud to [F] be on this peaceful [Bb] piece of property.
_ [Eb] I'm on sacred [F] ground and I'm in the [Bb] best company.
_ [F] [Gm] I'm thankful [F] for those thankful [Eb] for the things I've done.
[F] I can rest in peace.
I'm [Eb] one of the chosen [F] ones.
I [Bb] made it to Arlington. _ _
_ [Eb] _ [Bb] I remember [Eb] daddy brought me [Bb] here when I was eight.
_ We searched all day to find out where my granddad lay.
And when we [Gm] finally found that cross, he said,
[Eb] son, this is what it [F] costs to [Bb] keep us free.
_ Now here I am a thousand stones away from him.
[Eb] _ [Bb] He recognized [Eb] me on the first [Bb] day I came in.
[Dm] And it [Gm] gave me a chill when [Eb] he clicked his [F] heels, [Bb] saluted me.
_ _ [Eb] And I'm proud to be [F] on this peaceful [Bb] piece of property.
_ [Eb] I'm on sacred ground [F] and I'm in the [Bb] best company.
_ [F] [Gm] And I'm thankful for [F] those thankful [Eb] for the things I've done.
_ [F] I can rest in peace.
I'm one [Eb] of the chosen [F] ones.
I [Bb] made it to _ [Eb] [Bb] Arlington. _
_ _ _ [Eb] And every [F] time I hear [Bb]
[Dm] 21 [Gm] guns,
[Cm] I know they brought [Bb] another hero [Eb]
home to [Bb] _ [F] us.
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_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ We're [F] _ [Gm]
thankful for [F] those thankful for [Eb] the things we've done.
[F] We can rest in peace because we are [Eb] the chosen ones.
[F] We made [Bb] it to [Eb] Arlington.
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ [Bb] [Eb] Yeah, dust to dust, [Bb] [F] don't cry for us. _ _
We made it to [Bb] Arlington. _ _
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