Raise Your Bottle

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[Verse 1]
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There's a memory that rings clear as
 a bell
I was bouncing like a bull rider on 
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his knee
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I sure miss those old stories that 
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he'd tell
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From a hobo on a freight train

To a sailor out at sea
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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


[Chorus]
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So raise your bottle to the boys 
        C
and let's remember
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All the fallen and the price they 
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had to pay
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Hold them up high and salute all 
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the ones that made it back
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And for the ones away from home, 
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don't forget to pray


[Verse 2]
     C
Grandpa could sing you every Hank 
Williams song
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But it's Amazing Grace that 
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brought him back around
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He'd shed a tear talking about the 
day
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That German gunner shot his best 
friend down
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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


[Chorus]
              Am                   
So raise your bottle to the boys 
        C
and let's remember
        Am                       
All the fallen and the price they 
        C
had to pay
             Dm                    
Hold them up high and salute all 
  C
the ones that made it back
            G                   
And for the ones away from home, 
                 F
don't forget to pray


[Bridge]
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From Normandy to Korea, to Khe Sanh,
 Vietnam
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Heartaches streach from coast to 
coast
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From Bunker Hill to Fallujah, 
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Gettysburg, to Japan
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Everyone who's ever served or lost
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 someone
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Let's make a toast


[Chorus]
              Am                   
So raise your bottle to the boys 
        C
and let's remember
        Am                       
All the fallen and the price they 
        C
had to pay
             Dm                    
Hold them up high and salute all 
  C
the ones that made it back
            G                   
And for the ones away from home, 
                 F
don't forget to pray