Toby Keith – Ballad Of Balad (Guitar)

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[Intro] D D [Verse 1]
D                                     G           D
I quit school at the 10th grade and I grew out my hair

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I got me a job doing lawn mower repair

   D                                    G
I met an Army recruiter down at the Win Dixi

        D                Asus2                D
He said son you no future pack up and go with me
[Verse 2]
                                G           D
The first place we landed was a base called Bullot

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They convoyed are asses to a 10 acre FOB

     D                                 G
With my boots and my cover and an old M-16

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Two bottles of water and a cold MRE
[Chorus]
G                                   D
Oh you meet lots of new friends and sure to get paid

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We'll show you the world and teach you a trade

      D                                    G 
Not a job, it's an adventure, oh yes sir I got that,

    D                     Asus2        D
but you never told me I'd get my ass shot at
[Verse 3]
    D                        G       D
The first night on combat we went on patrol

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They ambushed our convoy and we chased the assholes

    D                                  G
We found them all hiding in low water ditches

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Took aim and we killed all of them son of a bitches
[Chorus]
G                                   D
Oh you meet lots of new friends and sure to get paid

      G                       E         Asus2 Asus4 Asus2 A
We'll show you the world and teach you a trade

      D                                    G
Not a job, it's an adventure, oh yes sir I got that,

    D                     Asus2        D
but you never told me I'd get my ass shot at
[Verse 4] (Slow single strum)
       D                   G      D
Walked in on my buddy with female MP,

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Ugliest woman you ever did see

        D                                        G
He said why are you laughing, you've got lots of nerve

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Over here in the desert we grade on a curve
[Chorus]
G                                   D
Oh you meet lots of new friends and sure to get paid

      G                       E         Asus2 Asus4 Asus2 A
We'll show you the world and teach you a trade

      D                                    G
Not a job, it's an adventure, oh yes sir I got that,

    D                     Asus2        D
but you never told me I'd get my ass shot at
(Slow)
    D                       Asus2       D
Oh, you never told him he'd get his ass shot at