I Remember
Griffin HouseVersion1
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My grandpa fought in World War II
My uncle fought in Nam
My father was too young
He went to school and met my mom
And her dad always told us stories around dinner time
And theres one he told when I was young that sticks out in my mind
He said ten years after daddy taught me bout the birds and bees
I was stranded in Pearl Harbor fighting off the Japanese
When the kamikaze pilots came and dove in without warning
I was on the Arizona on a warm December morning
I Remember
When I was a younger man
We were soldiers
Fighting in a foreign land
Now Im older
And its happening again
It was hard to have forgiveness for the things they did that day
And our President decided we should make their people pay
So we dropped on Nagasaki and we cut em down to size
And the one we dropped on Hiroshima left them vaporized
And I heard some Christian saying, what would Jesus do
What if you were on the wrong side, would he point the gun at you
And they read through every word of Matthew, Mark and Luke and John
So they could see if killing was the side that Christ was on
And they separate the church and state
And keep God out of school
So our governments can educate
Based upon their rules
But people start to wonder if our politics make sense
When religion is our best excuse for national defense
And when our citizens start saying that our wars are not ok
And Washington keeps telling them God loves the USA
And they teach us history so we can learn from our mistakes
And this generation wants to know how many years it takes
To change the way we treat our neighbors all across the land
Cause if we dont change our hearts we repeat the past again
I Remember
When I was a younger man
We were soldiers
Fighting in a foreign land
Now were older
And its happening again
When my grandpa finished talking
We went walking, he and I
I was thinking of the future and how scared I was to die
Now my best friends overseas in the desert where its dry
Fighting for our country and I need a reason why
I Remember
When he was a younger man
Now hes a solider
Fighting in a foreign land
Now were older
God bring him home again
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Readable chord sheet for I Remember by Griffin House
[G]My grandpa fought in World War II My uncle fought in Nam [Em]My father was too young He went to school and met my mom [C]And her dad always told us stories around dinner time [G]And theres one he told when I was young that st[D]icks out in my mind [G]He said ten years after daddy taught me bout the birds and bees I was str[Em]anded in Pearl Harbor fighting off the Japanese [C]When the kamikaze pilots came and dove in without warning [G]I was on the Arizona on a war[D]m December morning [G]I Remember When I w[C]as a younger [G]man [G]We were soldiers Fighting[C] in a foreign[G] land Now Im o[Am]lder [D]And its happening ag[G]ain [C] [G]It was hard to have forgiveness for the things they did that day [Em]And our President decided we should make their people pay So we d[C]ropped on Nagasaki and we cut em down to size And the o[G]ne we dropped on Hiroshima le[D]ft them vaporized [G]And I heard some Christian saying, what would Jesus do [Em]What if you were on the wrong side, would he point the gun at you And they r[C]ead through every word of Matthew, Mark and Luke and John So th[G]ey could see if killing was the s[D]ide that Christ was on [G]And they separate the church and state And keep God out of school [Em]So our governments can educate Based upon their rules [C]But people start to wonder if our politics make sense [G]When religion is our best excuse for nat[D]ional defense [G]And when our citizens start saying that our wars are not ok [Em]And Washington keeps telling them God loves the USA [C]And they teach us history so we can learn from our mistakes [G]And this generation wants to know how m[D]any years it takes [C]To change the way we treat our neighbors all across the land Cause if [G]we dont change our hearts we re[D]peat the past again [G]I Remember [C]When I was a young[G]er man [G]We were soldiers [C]Fighting in a fore[G]ign land [Am]Now were older [D]And its happening a[G]gain [C] [G]When my grandpa finished talking We went walking, he and I [Em]I was thinking of the future and how scared I was to die [C]Now my best friends overseas in the desert where its dry [G]Fighting for our country and I [D]need a reason why [G]I Remember [C]When he was a younger [G]man [G]Now hes a solider [C]Fighting in a foreign [G]land [Am]Now were older [D]God bring him home [G]again