Aaron Watson – Raise Your Bottle (Guitar)

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[Intro] C F C F [Verse 1]
          C
There's a memory that rings clear as a bell

                                        Am
I was bouncing like a bull rider on his knee

       C                                F
I 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

      F
No he never made the headlines
Nobody sings his song
       G
So for every unsung hero I'm singing this today
[Chorus]
              Am                           C
So raise your bottle to the boys and let's remember

        Am                               C
All the fallen and the price they had to pay

             Dm                      C
Hold them up high and salute all the ones that made it back

            G                                    F
And for the ones away from home, don't forget to pray
[Verse 2]
     C
Grandpa could sing you every Hank Williams song

         Am                 C                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 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                           C
So raise your bottle to the boys and let's remember

        Am                               C
All the fallen and the price they had to pay

             Dm                      C
Hold them up high and salute all the ones that made it back

            G                                    F
And for the ones away from home, don't forget to pray
[Bridge]
           Dm              C
From Normandy to Korea, to Khe Sanh, Vietnam

     F     C
Heartaches streach from coast to coast

            Dm                      C
From Bunker Hill to Fallujah, Gettysburg, to Japan

     F              C                  F
Everyone who's ever served or lost someone

             G       F    Em   Dm
Let's make a toast
[Chorus]
              Am                           C
So raise your bottle to the boys and let's remember

        Am                               C
All the fallen and the price they had to pay

             Dm                      C
Hold them up high and salute all the ones that made it back

            G                                    F
And for the ones away from home, don't forget to pray
[Outro] C F C F C E G C