| C | Dm | |
| she'd never let anyone ruin my life but they sure try. |
| F | G |
| Subsequent verses: |
| C | Am | F | G | |
| The d | ay that I turned 1 | 8 my | grandfather t | old me, he said |
| C | Am | F | G | |
| "C | hris, I t | hink you should j | oin the ar | my". |
| C | Am | F | G | |
| I said | I don't really th | ink that I'm c | ut out for t | hat, |
| C | Am | F | G | |
| no I'm f | airly ce | rtain I wo | uldn't l | ast. |
| C | Am | F | G | C | |
| But I d | o agree the b | enefits are qu | ite asto | unding, but I kn | ow that |
| Am F G (G7) ** |
| I would throw up if saw someone dying. |
| Chorus same, but louder |
| C | Am | F | G | C | Am | F | G | |
| But | if I w | ent I would | make the b | est of | ev- | ery | mom | ent, |
| C | Am | F | G | C | Am | |
| and | show res | pect to my c | ommanding o | fficer and | come h | ome with a |
| F | G | C | Dm | F | G | |
| m | edal or som | ething cool like that | . |
| Just a few months ago my best friend inquired, he said |
| "Do you think you'll ever go back to college?" I said yeah, sure, |
| eventually when the time is right, when I find a university I kinda like. |
| Because I do agree the experience is quite enticing, if I don't get |
| too distracted by all the drinking. |
| But if I went I would make the best of every moment, and pay |
| attention to the teacher and come home with some knowledge or |
| something great like that. |
| ** I like to add in the G7 cause it sounds good, but not required |