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Capo 3
[Intro]
G C/G G C/G
[Verse 1]
I Gnever thought that C/Gthis is where I'd Gsettle down. C/G  
I Gthought I'd die an C/Gold man back in Gmy hometown. 
They gave G/F#me this Emplot of land,
Me and some Cother men, Dfor a job Gwell done.   G/F#  
There's a Gbig White House sits C/Gon a hill just Gup the road.C/G  
The Gman inside, he C/Gcried the day they Gbrought me home. 
They G/F#folded Emup a flag and told my CMom and Dad:D  
"We're proud of Gyour son." 
[Chorus]
And I'm Cproud to be on this Dpeaceful piece of Gproperty.
I'm on Csacred ground and I'm Din the best of Gcompany.
I'm Emthankful for those Dthankful for the Cthings I've done.
I can Drest in peace; 
I'm one of the Cchosen ones:D  
I made it to GArlington.C/G  G  C/G  
[Verse 2]
I reGmember Daddy C/Gbrought me here when GI was eight. C/G  
We Gsearched all day to C/Gfind out where my Ggranddad lay. 
And when G/F#we finally Emfound that cross,  
He said: "Son, this is Cwhat it costs Dto keep us Gfree."C/G  
Now Ghere I am, a G/Cthousand stones awGay from hiC/Gm.
He Grecognized me G/Con the first daGy I came in.
And it G/F#gave Emme a chill when he Cclicked his heels,D  
And saluted Gme. 
[Chorus]
And I'm Cproud to be on this Dpeaceful piece of Gproperty.
I'm on Csacred ground and I'm Din the best of Gcompany.
I'm Emthankful for those Dthankful for the Cthings I've done.
I can Drest in peace; 
I'm one of the Cchosen ones:D  
I made it to GArlington.C/G  G  C/G  
[Bridge]
And Emeverytime I Dhear Gtwenty G/F#one gEmuns,
CI know they brought another G/Bhero Chome to Dus.
[Outro]
We're Emthankful for those D/F#thankful for the Cthings we've done.
We can Drest in peace;  
We are the Cchosen ones:D  
We made it Gto Arlington.C/G  G  C/G  
Yeah, Emdust to dust,
Don't Dcry for us: 
We made it to Arlington.
G C/G G C/G

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Arlington

by Trace Adkins

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

C/G

G/F#

G/C

G/B

D/F#

Capo 3

[Intro]

G C/G G C/G

[Verse 1]

G C/G G C/G

I never thought that this is where I'd settle down.

G C/G G

I thought I'd die an old man back in my hometown.

G/F# Em

They gave me this plot of land,

C D G G/F#

Me and some other men, for a job well done.

G C/G G C/G

There's a big White House sits on a hill just up the road.

G C/G G

The man inside, he cried the day they brought me home.

G/F# Em C D

They folded up a flag and told my Mom and Dad:

"We're proud of your son."

[Chorus]

C D G

And I'm proud to be on this peaceful piece of property.

C D G

I'm on sacred ground and I'm in the best of company.

Em D C

I'm thankful for those thankful for the things I've done.

I can rest in peace;

C D

I'm one of the chosen ones:

G C/G G C/G

I made it to Arlington.

[Verse 2]

G C/G G C/G

I remember Daddy brought me here when I was eight.

G C/G G

We searched all day to find out where my granddad lay.

G/F# Em

And when we finally found that cross,

C D G C/G

He said: "Son, this is what it costs to keep us free."

G G/C G C/G

Now here I am, a thousand stones away from him.

G G/C G

He recognized me on the first day I came in.

G/F# Em C D

And it gave me a chill when he clicked his heels,

And saluted me.

[Chorus]

C D G

And I'm proud to be on this peaceful piece of property.

C D G

I'm on sacred ground and I'm in the best of company.

Em D C

I'm thankful for those thankful for the things I've done.

I can rest in peace;

C D

I'm one of the chosen ones:

G C/G G C/G

I made it to Arlington.

[Bridge]

Em D G G/F# Em

And everytime I hear twenty one guns,

C G/B C D

I know they brought another hero home to us.

[Outro]

Em D/F# C

We're thankful for those thankful for the things we've done.

We can rest in peace;

C D

We are the chosen ones:

G C/G G C/G

We made it to Arlington.

Yeah, dust to dust,

Don't cry for us:

We made it to Arlington.

G C/G G C/G

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