Nineteen
By Waycross
Tabbed By Larry Mofle
4/15/2012

Capo 1


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Nineteen, the number on his back, voted captain of his high school football team
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Took us all the way to state, got a scholarship to play down in Tennessee
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He could run, he could duck, he could throw, he could go like you'd never seen
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Nineteen

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But on the day those twin towers came down his whole world turned around
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He told em all, ya'll I can't play ball there's a war on now
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So he marched right in with a few good men and joined the marines at 
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Nineteen



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Well he's the boy next door, might have carried your bags at the grocery store
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He's somebody's son in a hole with a gun in a foreign land
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Tryin' in to hold on to his American dream
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Nineteen


There's a sniper out there in the dark somewhere and a soldier down
Yeah we need someone who can duck and run to get him out some how
Want one good man to raise his hand and take one for the team
Well, how 'bout you Nineteen

Chorus

Brought him home today with a big parade down on Main Street
Got a purple heart and a silver star, soldier gave a speech
Said he could run, he could duck, he could throw, he's the one who rescued me
He said he could have played for Tennessee
Number Nineteen
He was Nineteen