Key: D major•
Verse 1
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that made it back alive
He must have seen some tough times,
but he never talked too
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much about all that
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in the cedar chest
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Everything but his old army hat
By the time I graduated,
the winds of change had
when they bothered to take
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some kind of stand
And we used to laugh at Grandpa
lest he was wearing
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That funny looking worn out army hat
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Is keep on wearin' this old army hat
He called me up one morning
Said he'd seen it on the
monument to World War II
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in Washington, D .C. I ain't gettin' any younger,
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and I wish someone would take me to see that
they're gonna laugh at you up there
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If you show up in that silly army hat
Two strangers both saluted
as grandpa walked up to the monument
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One said thank you soldier
for a job well done,
And a young boy said sir my daddy went
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standing here beside me?
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And maybe let me wear your army hat
When the young boy tried his best
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His very own authentic army hat
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Is pass on this old worn -out army hat
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for amber waves of grain,
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for purple mountain majesties
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above the fruited plain.
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America, America,
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God shed His grace on thee,
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And crown thy good with brotherhood
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From sea to shining sea.
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And crown thy good with brotherhood
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From sea to shining sea.
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