Old Army Hat chords by
Billy Ray Cyrus

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Key: D major

Intro 1

Verse 1
He came
Bm Bm 
 
home to Tennessee
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Em Em 
 
Young man at the end of forty five
A A 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
Only one of seven
A A 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
men in his      platoon
D D 
 
That made it back alive

Verse 2
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
And he must've seen some tough things
D D 
 
But he never said too much
Em Em 
 
about all that
Asus4 Asus4 
 
Put his pictures and his memories
D D 
 
A A 
 
in our seater chairs
Asus4 Asus4 
 
Em Em 
 
Everything but his
Asus4 Asus4 
 
D D 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
old      army hat

Verse 3
D D 
 
By the time that I was born
The winds of change had swept
Em Em 
 
across our land
A A 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
They were burning flag
s and draft cards
A A 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
When they bothered to
D D 
 
take some kind of stand

Verse 4
D D 
 
Now we used to laugh at grandpa
Bm Bm 
 
Like he was some old relic
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
from the past
A A 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
'Cause he never left the house
A A 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
unless he was wearing
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
That funny looking worn out army hat

Verse 5

Every eye was on him

Anytime when he went anywhere

Asus4

They whispered and they pointed

But you could tell my grandpa didn't care

Verse 6
G G 
 
"I ain't wearing this for them",
he'd say
D D 
 
"It's a whole lot more than that
Em Em 
 
For my buddies who gave everything
A A 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
Em Em 
 
The least that I        can do is keep on
A A 
 
D D 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
wearing this old army hat"

Verse 7
D D 
 
He called me up one morning
Said he'd seen it on the news
Em Em 
 
on his TV
A A 
 
"They've opened up
a monument on World War II
D D 
 
In Washington DC"

Verse 8
D D 
 
"I ain't getting any younger
And I wish someone would take
Em Em 
 
me to see that"
A A 
 
And I couldn't help but think they're
gonna laugh at you up there
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
If you show up in that silly army hat
Asus4 Asus4 
 
Two

Verse 9
D D 
 
strangers, both salute
As grandpa walked up to the monument
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
One said, "Thank you soldier,
Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A 
 
for      the job well done"
D D 
 
The other said, "Amen"

Verse 10
D D 
 
And a young boy told him
"Sir, my daddy went to war and
Em Em 
 
didn't make it back
A A 
 
Could you take a picture standing
Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A 
 
here     beside me
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
And maybe let me wear your army hat"

Verse 11
G G 
 
Every eye was on him
D D 
 
There was not a dry one in the crowd
Asus4 Asus4 
 
They whispered and they pointed
A A 
 
As my grandpa stood up extra
D D 
 
tall and proud

Verse 12
G G 
 
And he told him, "Son, just keep it"
When the young boy tried his best
D D 
 
to give it back
Em Em 
 
"You're a brave little soldier and
A A 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
every soldier needs
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
His very own authentic army hat"

Verse 13

"For your daddy who gave

everything the least that I can do

Is pass on this old worn out army hat"

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