D5 G5 D5 Grand-daddy came home in a B-52 A5 G5 In a pine box covered in red, white and blue A5 B5 A5 D5 He was one of the brave and the proud and the few D5 G5 D5 Twenty-one guns helped us say goodbye A5 G5 I stood there in silence tryin' hard not to cry A5 B5 A5 D5 As the preacher, he quoted, lines written in red D5 A5 D5 And then he folded his bible and in a broken voice, he said G5 D5 There's only two people who's every died for me A5 D5 Laid down their lives just so I could be free G5 D5 They both went through hell, beared crosses and shells A5 D5 And both got back up again after they fell G5 D5 They never picked the fight, but they're there A5 B5 To pick up the pieces G5 A5 D5 God only knows who we'd be without soldiers and Jesus D5 G5 D5 It seems like the news loves to run 'em both down A5 G5 But whenever we need 'em , they're always around A5 B5 So don't hand me a party's political views D5 A5 D5 'Cause they're a left side, a right side, and then there's the truth G5 D5 There's only two people who's every died for me A5 D5 Laid down their lives just so I could be free G5 D5 They both went through hell, beared crosses and shells A5 D5 And both got back up again after they fell G5 D5 They never picked the fight, but they're there A5 B5 To pick up the pieces G5 A5 B5 To me, they're both heroes for the path that they chose D5 A5 D5 'Cause one fights for my life, one fights for my soul G5 D5 There's only two people who's every died for me A5 D5 Laid down their lives just so I could be free G5 D5 They both went through hell, beared crosses and shells A5 D5 And both got back up again after they fell G5 D5 They never picked the fight, but they're there A5 B5 To pick up the pieces G5 A5 D5 God only knows where we'd be without soldiers and Jesus G5 D5 Soldiers and Jesus