Nineteen chords by Billy Ray Cyrus

SimplifiedF · C · Am · G · Gsus4

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F
C
Am
G
Gsus4

Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
 (C major) Nineteen
Am 
 (A minor) Number on his back
F 
Voted  (F major) captain of his high
C 
school  (C major) football team
Am 
Took us  (A minor) all the way to State
F 
Got a  (F major) scholarship to play
C 
down in  (C major) Tennessee

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Verse 2

Said he could run, he could duck

He could throw, he could go

Like you never seen

Nineteen

Verse 3
Am 
On the  (A minor) day those twin
F 
towers  (F major) came down
C 
His whole world  (C major) turned around
Am 
He  (A minor) told 'em all, "Y'all,
F 
I  (F major) can't play ball
C 
There's a  (C major) war on now"

Verse 4

So he marched right in with

a few good men

And joined the Marines

Nineteen

Verse 5
F 
C 
He's the  (F major) boy next door  (C major) 
G 
He might've  (G major) carried your
C 
bags at the  (C major) grocery store
F 
Now he's  (F major) somebody's son
C 
in a  (C major) hole with a gun
G 
In some  (G major) foreign land
Am 
F 
Trying to hold on to his  (A minor) American Dream (F major) s,
C 
nineteen  (C major) 
Am 
There's a  (A minor) sniper out there in the

Verse 6
F 
 (F major) 
dark somewhere
C 
And a  (C major) soldier down
Am 
F 
 (A minor) Need someone who can  (F major) run,
who can duck
C 
And go  (C major) get him out
F 
It takes  (F major) one good man to raise

Verse 7
C 
 (C major) 
his hand
G 
Take one  (G major) for the team
C 
How 'bout you, nineteen?  (C major) 
F 
He's the  (F major) boy next door

Verse 8
C 
 (C major) 
G 
He might've  (G major) carried your
C 
bags at the  (C major) grocery store
F 
Now he's  (F major) somebody's son
C 
in a  (C major) hole with a gun
G 
In some  (G major) foreign land
Trying to hold on to his
Am 
F 
 (A minor) American  (F major) Dreams
Am 
Nine (A minor) teen
F 
Am 
G 
 (F major)  (A minor)  (G major) 

Verse 9
C 
 (C major) 
Am 
Brought him  (A minor) home today
F 
C 
With the  (F major) big parade down on  (C major) main street
Am 
F 
Gave him a  (A minor) purple heart, a  (F major) silver star
C 
Soldier  (C major) gave a speech

Verse 10
F 
Said, "He could  (F major) run, he could duck,
C 
he could  (C major) throw
He's the one who rescued me"
G 
 (G major) Said, "He could've played
F 
 (F major) for Tennessee"