My Last Name Chords by Dierks Bentley

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_ [Dm] I learned how to [G] write it when [Dm] I first [A] started school.
[D] Some bully didn't like it.
[G] He said it didn't sound [A] too [Bbm] cool.
[Bm] So I [A] had to hit him.
[G] And all I [Dm] said when the [A] blood came [G] was my [D] last name.
_ [Em] _ _ [A] _
[D] Grandpa took it off to Europe [G] to fight the Germans [A] in the war.
[D] It came back on some dog tags.
[G] Nobody [A] wears no [Bbm] more.
[Bm] It's written [A] on a headstone [G] in the field where [A] he was slain.
[G] It's my last [D] name.
_ [Em] _ _ [D] _
[A] [G] Passed down from generation [A] too far [D] back to trace.
[G] I can see all [D] my relations [Em] when I look into [A] my face.
_ _ [Bm] May never [A] make it famous, [G] but I'll never [A] bring it shame.
[G] It's my last [D] name.
_ [Em] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] Daddy always told me, [G] far back as I [A] recall, [D] son,
you're part of something.
[G]
You represent [A] us [Bb] all.
[Bm] So keep it [A] how you got it, [G] as solid [A] as it came.
[G] It's my last [D] name.
_ [Em] _
_ [A] _ [G] Passed down from generation [A] too far [D] back to trace.
[G] I can see all [D] my relations [Em] when I look into [A] my face.
_ _ [Bm] May never [A] make it famous, [G] but I'll never [A] bring it shame.
[G] It's my last [D] name.
_ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D]
Darling, if you're wondering [G] why I've [Dm] got you [A] here tonight,
_ [D]
I want to be your husband.
[G] I want you to be [A] my [E] wife.
[Bm] I ain't got [A] much to give you.
[G] What I've got means [A] everything.
[G] It's my last [D] name.
_ [Em] _ _ [A] Oh, it's [G] my last [D] name.
[Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [D]
I learned how to write it when I first [A] started school.
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