Nineteen ukulele

Nineteen

• C

Capo 6th fret..
Very easy
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               C                        G                          Em
nineteen the number on his back voted captain of his high school football 
 D
Team
         C                             G                        Em  D
Took us all the way to state got a scholarship to play down in Tennessee
          C                           G                              Em               
He could run he could duck he could through he could go like you’ve never 
 D    G
seen. 19.
            C                     G                          Em     D
But on the day those twin towers came down his whole world turned around.
    C                  G                       Em      D
He told em all yawl I can’t play ball theirs a war on now
        C                      G                 Em         D        G
So he marched write in with a few good men and joined the marines at 19.

           C                 G
     Well he’s the boy next door
             D                          C      G
     Mighta carried your bags at the grocerie store.
            C                  G                      D
     He’s somebody’s son in a whole with a gun in a foreign land 
      C                        Em       C    G
     Tryin to hold on to his American dream. 19.

            C                      G                     Em     D
There’s a sniper out there in the dark somewhere and a solider down
       C                    G                       Em    D
Ya we need someone who can duck and run and get him out somehow
      C               G                      Em           D
Want one good man to raise his hand and take one for the team.
           C   G
How bout u 19?

           C                 G
     Well he’s the boy next door 
              D                      C      G
     yousta carry your bags at the grocery store.
             C                 G                     D         
     He’s somebody’s son in a whole with a gun in a foreign land
       C                       Em       C    G
     Tryin to hold on to his American dream. 19

             C                G                  Em     D
Brought him home today with a big parade down on main street
          C                   G                  Em     D
He got a purple heart and a silver star solider gave a speech 
               C                      G                        Em    D
Said he could run and duck he could through he’s the one who rescued me 
          C               G
Said he coulda play for Tennessee 
       G    C         G
number 19      he was 19



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