My Last Name
Dierks Bentley



[Intro]  D    D/F#bass    G    A   (x2)

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__I learned how to write it, when I first started school, some bully didn't like it, he said it
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Didn?t sound too cool, _________________So I had to hit him, and all I said when
             A           G                D/F# Em7 Asus-A
The blood came; it's my last name ______________________


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Grandpa took it off to Europe, to fight the Germans in the war, It came back on some
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Dog tags, nobody wears no more, ________________It's written on a headstone, in the
G                       D          Em7          D/F# Em7 Asus A
Field Where he was slain, it's my last name __________________


[Chorus]
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Passed down from generations, too far back to trace, I can see all my relations, when I
Em7           Ax2 Bb Bass  Bm                     A                G                D
look into my face, _________________never make it famous, but I'll never bring it shame
       Em7         D/F# Em7 Asus-A
It's my last name _____________________


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____Daddy always told me, far back as I recall, Son you're part of something, you
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___represent us all, ___________________So keep it how you got it, as solid as it came
       Em7           D/F# Em7 Asus-A
It's my last name ______________________





[Chorus]
              G                             A                D            G           D/F#
Passed down from generations, too far back to trace, I can see all my relations, when I
Em7           Ax2 Bb Bass   Bm                    A                G                D
look into my face, _________________never make it famous, but I'll never bring it shame
       Em7         D/F# Em7 Asus-A
It's my last name _____________________


[Solo]     Em7 D/F# Em7 Asus-A  Pause


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So darlin if you're wonderin, why I've got you here tonight, __I wanna be your husband, I
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Want you to be my wife ________________Ain't got much to give you, but what I've got
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Means everything, It's my last name __________________Oh it's my last name
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_______________I learned how to write it, when I first started school ____