Stand Our Ground Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

B When you take me up to F♯Rose Hill

B When you lay my body F♯low

B Wrap me in a flag, throw some F♯flowers on the ground,

B Say a few words then let me F♯go

BThere's no need to defend my F♯honor

B Or justify the life I F♯gave

B There's no need for the pictures of my F♯happy childhood there, please

B Don’t pour salt upon my F♯grave

G♯m I knew long ago that EI would be the one

G♯m To brandish my sword should they F♯beat those battle drums

B I stood my Eground, I stood for F♯something

  Worth falling Bfor E Yeah F♯Yeah

B Ask my father to F♯forgive me

B I know he didn't underF♯stand

B He worked too hard for F♯way too many years

B To lose his boy in a foreign F♯sand

B No doubt, he is F♯angry

B No doubt where he'll put the F♯blame

  But don't Blet him fall apart, Mama,

  Don't let him F♯go back to the pills

B Only pride will ease his F♯pain

G♯m I died a patriot, a Esoldier just like him

G♯m Fought like he taught me to, unF♯til the very end

B I stood my Eground, I stood for F♯something

  Worth falling Bfor E Yeah F♯Yeah Worth falling for...

G♯m I hope this war's worth dying for

E I hope this war's worth dying for

G♯m I hope this war's worth dying F♯for

B Take my stripes and take my F♯medals

B Take my flag and dog tags F♯too

B Put 'em in a package, F♯stain it with your tears,

B Send it up to Pennsylvania AveF♯nue

B My last regards to the man in F♯charge

B Let him know I served my country F♯well

B He was right behind me all the F♯way to Kandahar

B The night my broken body F♯fell

G♯m Don’t let a day go by withEout a peaceful prayer

G♯m For my brothers and my sisters still F♯fighting over there

B They stand Etheir ground, They stand for F♯something

  Worth falling Bfor E Yeah F♯Yeah

B They stood Etheir ground, They stood for F♯something

  Worth falling Bfor E F♯ Worth dying for B E F♯

I hope this war's worth dying for

(yeah yeah)

I hope this war's worth dying for

(yeah yeah)

I hope this war's worth dying for

(yeah yeah)