Aaron Watson - Raise your bottle

There's a ^Cmemory that rings clear as a bell I was ^Ambouncin' like a bull rider on his knee I sure ^Fmiss those old stories that he'd tell From a ^Ghobo on a freight train to a sailor out at sea

My ^Cgranny says that I've got his smile He's the ^Amreason I take pride in my last name No, he ^Fnever made the headlines, nobody sings his song So, for ^Gevery unsung hero, I'm singin' this today

So, raise your ^Ambottle to the boys and let's re- ^Cmember All the ^Amfallen and the price they had to ^Cpay Hold 'em up ^Dmhigh and salute all the ^C/Eones that made it back And for the ^Gones away from home, don't forget to ^Fpray

Grand- ^Cpa would sing you every Hank Williams song But it's A- ^Ammazing Grace that brought him back around He'd ^Fshed a tear talkin' about the day That ^GGerman gunner shot his best friend down

My ^Cdaddy fought a war some say in vain He ^Amcame home in a wheel chair, he walks with a cane Seems like ^Fevery generation has to pay the cost I ^Gthink about my family and the good friends that we've lost

So, raise your ^Ambottle to the boys and let's re- ^Cmember All the ^Amfallen and the price they had to ^Cpay Hold 'em up ^Dmhigh and salute all the ^C/Eones that made it back And for the ^Gones away from home, don't forget to ^Fpray

From Norman- ^Dmdy to Korea, to ^EmKason Vietnam, Heart- ^Faches streach from coast to ^Ccoast, From Bunker ^DmHill to Filucia, Gettys- ^Emburg to Japan Every- ^Fone who's ever served or lost someone let's make a ^Gtoast ^{F Em G/D}

So, raise your ^Ambottle to the boys and let's re- ^Cmember All the ^Amfallen and the price they had to ^Cpay Hold 'em up ^Dmhigh and salute all the ^C/Eones that made it back And for the ^Gones away from home, don't forget to ^Fpray

Don't forget to ^Cpray, ^Foh, don't forget to ^Cpray ^F Don't forget to ^Cpray ^{F Em G/D C}