Old Army Hat - Billy Ray Cyrus Chords
Chords: Capo), D, Bm7, D/C#, A, Em7, G
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Genre: country, folk, pop
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
And he must've seen some tough things, but he never said too much 'bout all
Em7
that
A Em7 A
Put his pictures and his memories in our cedar chest, everything but his old
D
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
They were burning flags and draft cards when they bothered to take some kind
D
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
'Cause he never left the house unless he was wearing that funny looking worn
D
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
The least that I can do is keep on wearing this old army hat"
A
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"
A
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
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