Capo 2
Intro x4
Hammer off on coming back to
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Nineteen, the number on his back voted captain of his high school football
Team
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Took us all the way to state got a scholarship to play down in Tennessee
He could run he could duck he could throw he could go like youâve never
seen. Nineteen.
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But on the day those twin towers came down his whole world turned around.
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He told em all ya ll I canât play ball there s a war on now
So he marched right in with a few good men and joined the marines. Nineteen.
Well heâs the boy next door
Might have carried your bags at the grocery store.
Heâs somebodyâs son in a whole with a gun in a foreign land
Tryin to hold on to his American dream. Nineteen.
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Well thereâs a sniper out there in the dark somewhere and a soldier down
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Yeah We need someone who can duck and run and get him out somehow
Won t one good man to raise his hand and take one for the team.
How about you Nineteen?
Well heâs the boy next door
Might have carry your bags at the grocery store.
Heâs somebodyâs son in a whole with a gun in a foreign land
Tryin to hold on to his American dream. Nineteen.
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They brought him home today with a big parade down on main street
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He got a purple heart and a silver star soldier made a speech
Said he could run and duck he could go heâs the one who rescued me
silent
Said he could of played for Tennessee
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number Nineteen he was Nineteen
Waycross played this for my son who was killed in Abu Sada Iraq on Memorial Day
2007. Thank you Ted and Ben for coming in from Nashville. Ted gave me guidance on
the chords. Enjoy.