Ballad Of Balad chords by Toby Keith

Intro
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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

Chorus
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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

Chorus
G                                   D
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’ve 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

Chorus
G                                   D
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