Stand Our Ground chords
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B F#
When you take me up to Rose Hill
B F#
When you lay my body low
B F#
Wrap me in a flag, throw some flowers on the ground,
B F#
Say a few words then let me go
B F#
There's no need to defend my honor
B F#
Or justify the life I gave
B F#
There's no need for the pictures of my happy childhood there, please
B F#
Don’t pour salt upon my grave
G#m E
I knew long ago that I would be the one
G#m F#
To brandish my sword should they beat those battle drums
B E F#
I stood my ground, I stood for something
B E F#
Worth falling for Yeah Yeah
B F#
Ask my father to forgive me
B F#
I know he didn't understand
B F#
He worked too hard for way too many years
B F#
To lose his boy in a foreign sand
B F#
No doubt, he is angry
B F#
No doubt where he'll put the blame
B
But don't let him fall apart, Mama,
F#
Don't let him go back to the pills
B F#
Only pride will ease his pain
G#m E
I died a patriot, a soldier just like him
G#m F#
Fought like he taught me to, until the very end