| E | B | |
| T | old you I was joining the army, had no ex | cuse |
| Bb | A | |
| seemed the r | ight the to | do |
| B | E | A | |
| and y | ou ca | lled me a f | ool |
| B | E | |
| said I'd come back | mean and c | ruel |
| E | B | |
| Aaid I just wanted to make my grandfather p | roud |
| Bb | A | |
| even t | hough he's not a | round |
| B | E | A | |
| been | gone since | I was thi | rteen |
| B | A | E | |
| I'm still worried what he'd t | hink about | me |
| E | B | |
| pla | ying this guitar ain't gonna cut for l | ong |
| Bb | A | |
| me singing | these so | ngs |
| B | E | A | |
| don't co | mpare to what he d | id over t | here |
| B | A | E | |
| need to p | rove I can c | arry my s | hare |
| A | B | E | |
| t | ake on my o | wn load to | bear |
| A | B | E | |
| to me, it o | nly seems f | air |