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Old Army Hat
Written by Billy Ray Cyrus, Dave Henning, Dahniel Knight, Samantha Maloney & James Miller
Recorded by Billy Ray Cyrus
(No Capo)
[Intro]
|(D) |(Bm7) |(D/C#) |(Bm7)(A)| x 2
[Verse]
DHe came home to Bm7Tennessee, D/C#young man at the Bm7end of Aforty Em7five
Only Aone of seven men in his platoon that made it back a- Dlive
And he must've seen some Bm7tough things, but he D/C#never said too Bm7much A'bout all Em7that
Put his Apictures and his memories in our cedar chest, Em7everything but Ahis old army Dhat
DBy the time that Bm7I was born, the D/C#winds of change had Bm7swept a- Across our Em7land
They were Aburning flags and draft cards when they bothered to take some kind of Dstand
Now we used to laugh at Bm7grandpa like D/C#he was some old Bm7relic Afrom the Em7past
'Cause he Anever left the house unless he was wearing that Em7funny looking Aworn out army Dhat
[Chorus]
GEvery eye was on him, anytime when he went anywhereD  
They Awhispered and they pointed, but you could tell my grandpa didn't careD  
"I ain't Gwearing this for them", he'd say, "It's a whole lot more than Dthat
For my Em7buddies who gave everything
The Aleast that I can do is Em7keep on wearing Athis old army Dhat"Bm7  D/C#  Bm7  A  
He Dcalled me up one Bm7morning, said he'd D/C#seen it on the Bm7news on Ahis Em7TV
"They've Aopened up a monument to World War II in Washington D  
"I ain't getting any Bm7younger and I D/C#wish someone would Bm7take me to Asee Em7that"
And I Acouldn't help but think they're gonna laugh at you up there
If you Dshow up in that Asilly army Dhat
Two Dstrangers, both sa- Bm7lute as D/C#grandpa walked up Bm7to the Amonu- Em7ment
AOne said, "Thank you soldier, for the job well done," the other said, "A- D-men"
And a young boy told him, " Bm7Sir, my daddy D/C#went to war and Bm7didn't Amake it Em7back
Could you Atake a picture standing here beside me and Em7maybe let me Awear your army Dhat"
[Chorus]
GEvery eye was on him, there was not a dry one in the Dcrowd
They Awhispered and they pointed as my grandpa stood up extra tall and Dproud
And he Gtold him, "Son, just keep it" when the young boy tried his best to give it Dback
"You're a Em7brave little soldier and Aevery soldier needs his Em7very own au- Athentic army Dhat"
"For your Em7daddy who gave everything the Aleast that I can do
Is Em7pass on this old Aworn out army Dhat" | Dx 7D  

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Old Army Hat

by Billy Ray Cyrus

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Chords in this song · guitar

Bm7

D/C#

Em7

Old Army Hat

Written by Billy Ray Cyrus, Dave Henning, Dahniel Knight, Samantha Maloney & James Miller

Recorded by Billy Ray Cyrus

(No Capo)

[Intro]

D Bm7 D/C# Bm7 A

|() |() |() |()()| x 2

[Verse]

D Bm7 D/C# Bm7 A Em7

He came home to Tennessee, young man at the end of forty five

A D

Only one of seven men in his platoon that made it back a- live

Bm7 D/C# Bm7 A Em7

And he must've seen some tough things, but he never said too much 'bout all that

A Em7 A D

Put his pictures and his memories in our cedar chest, everything but his old army hat

D Bm7 D/C# Bm7 A Em7

By the time that I was born, the winds of change had swept a- cross our land

A D

They were burning flags and draft cards when they bothered to take some kind of stand

Bm7 D/C# Bm7 A Em7

Now we used to laugh at grandpa like he was some old relic from the past

A Em7 A D

'Cause he never left the house unless he was wearing that funny looking worn out army hat

[Chorus]

G D

Every eye was on him, anytime when he went anywhere

A D

They whispered and they pointed, but you could tell my grandpa didn't care

G D

"I ain't wearing this for them", he'd say, "It's a whole lot more than that

Em7

For my buddies who gave everything

A Em7 A D Bm7 D/C# Bm7 A

The least that I can do is keep on wearing this old army hat"

D Bm7 D/C# Bm7 A Em7

He called me up one morning, said he'd seen it on the news on his TV

A D

"They've opened up a monument to World War II in Washington

Bm7 D/C# Bm7 A Em7

"I ain't getting any younger and I wish someone would take me to see that"

And I couldn't help but think they're gonna laugh at you up there

D A D

If you show up in that silly army hat

D Bm7 D/C# Bm7 A Em7

Two strangers, both sa- lute as grandpa walked up to the monu- ment

A D

One said, "Thank you soldier, for the job well done," the other said, "A- -men"

Bm7 D/C# Bm7 A Em7

And a young boy told him, " Sir, my daddy went to war and didn't make it back

A Em7 A D

Could you take a picture standing here beside me and maybe let me wear your army hat"

[Chorus]

G D

Every eye was on him, there was not a dry one in the crowd

A D

They whispered and they pointed as my grandpa stood up extra tall and proud

G D

And he told him, "Son, just keep it" when the young boy tried his best to give it back

Em7 A Em7 A D

"You're a brave little soldier and every soldier needs his very own au- thentic army hat"

Em7 A

"For your daddy who gave everything the least that I can do

Em7 A D D D

Is pass on this old worn out army hat" | x 7

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