Chords for Taylor Hicks ~ Nineteen

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19, _ [Dm] the number on his back, [Bb] voted captain of the high [F] school football team
[Dm] Took us all the way to [F] state, got a scholarship to play [C] down at Tennessee _
[F] He could catch, he could throw, he could run, he could go [C] like you've never seen
_ _ [F] 19, _ [Dm] but on the day those twin [Bb] towers came down, his [F] whole world turned around
He _ [Dm] told them [Bb] all, I can't play [F] ball, there's a war on down
He [Bb]
marched right in with a few good men [C] and joined the Marines
_ [F] _ 19, [Bb] he's the boy next [F] door, [C] he might have carried your [Dm] bags at the grocery store
[Bb] He's somebody's [F] son in a hole with a [C] gun in a foreign land, trying to hold on [Dm] to his American [Bb]
dream
_ _ [F] _ 19, [Dm] there's a sniper out [Bb] there in the dark somewhere [F] and a soldier's down
_ We need someone [Bb] who can duck and run [F] and get them out some
_ [Bb] Want one good [F] man, raise his hand and take [C] one for the team
How [F] about you 19?
_ [Bb] He's the boy next [F] door, [C] he might have carried your [Dm] bags at the grocery store
[Bb] He's somebody's [F] son in a hole with a [C] gun in a foreign land, trying to hold [Dm] on to his American [Bb]
dream
_ _ [F] 19, _ _ _ _ _ 19, they [Dm] brought him home today [F] with a big parade down on Main Street
_ [Dm] He got a purple [F] heart and a silver star, a soldier gave a speech
Said [Bb] he could catch, he could [F] throw, he could run, he's the [C] one that rescued me
Could [Bb] have played for Tennessee, _ _ _ _ _ [F] he was 19, _ _ _ _ _ he was only 19 _ _ _
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