Ballad Of Balad by Toby Keith
Key: DD | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


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Well I quit school at the 10th grade and I grew out my hair 
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I got me a job doing lawn mover repair 
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I met an Army recruiter down at the Win Dixi 
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He said son you no future pack up and go with me. 
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The first place we landed was a base called Bullot 
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They convoyed are asses to a 10 acre FOB 
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With my boots and my cover and an old M-16 
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Two bottles of water and a cold MRE 
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Oh you meet lots of new friends and sure to get paid 
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We?ll show you the world and teach you a trade  
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Not a job it's an adventure, oh yes sir I got that, 
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but you never told me I get my ass shot at 
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The first night on combat we went on patrol 
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They ambushed our convoy and we chased the assholes 
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We found them all hiding in low water ditches  
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Took aim and we killed all of them son of a bitches 
 
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Oh you meet lots of new friends and sure to get paid 
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We?ll show you the world and teach you a trade  
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Not a job it's an adventure, oh yes sir I got that, 
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but you never told me I get my ass shot at 
Slow Singe Strum: 
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Walked in on my buddy with female MP, 
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Ugliest woman you're ever seen 
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He said why are you laughing you have lots of nerve  
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Over here in the desert we grade on a curve 
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Oh you meet lots of new friends and sure to get paid 
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We?ll show you the world and teach you a trade  
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Not a job it's an adventure, oh yes sir I got that, 
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but you never told me I get my ass shot at 
Slow: 
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No you never told him he?d get his ass shot at