Nineteen Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[F][C]

[Verse 1]
[C]Nineteen
[Am]Number on his back
Voted [F]captain of his high
school [C]football team
Took us [Am]all the way to State
Got a [F]scholarship to play
down in [C]Tennessee

[Verse 2]
Said he could [F]run, he could duck
He could [C]throw, he could go
Like you [G]never [Gsus4]seen[G]
[C]Nineteen

[Verse 3]
On the [Am]day those twin
towers [F]came down
His whole world [C]turned around
He [Am]told 'em all, "Y'all,
I [F]can't play ball
There's a [C]war on now"

[Verse 4]
So he [F]marched right in with
a [C]few good men
[G]And joined the Marines
[C]Nineteen

[Verse 5]
He's the [F]boy next [C]door
He might've [G]carried your
bags at the [C]grocery store
Now he's [F]somebody's son
in a [C]hole with a gun
In some [G]foreign land
Trying to hold on to his [Am]American Dream[F]s,
[C]nineteen
There's a [Am]sniper out there in the

[Verse 6]
[F]
dark somewhere
And a [C]soldier down
[Am]Need someone who can [F]run,
who can duck
And go [C]get him out
It takes [F]one good man to raise

[Verse 7]
[C]
his hand
Take one [G]for the team
How 'bout [C]you, nineteen?
He's the [F]boy next door

[Verse 8]
[C]
He might've [G]carried your
bags at the [C]grocery store
Now he's [F]somebody's son
in a [C]hole with a gun
In some [G]foreign land
Trying to hold on to his
[Am]American [F]Dreams
[Am]Nineteen
[F][Am][G]

[Verse 9]
[C]
Brought him [Am]home today
With the [F]big parade down on [C]main street
Gave him a [Am]purple heart, a [F]silver star
Soldier [C]gave a speech

[Verse 10]
Said, "He could [F]run, he could duck,
he could [C]throw
He's the one who rescued me"
[G]Said, "He could've played
[F]for Tennessee"

[Verse 11]
[F]Um, number [C]nineteen
He was nineteen