Tonart: D major
Verse 1
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I made a trip back
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to my hometown last week
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For my grandparent's fifty
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year an niversary
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It was black leather wingtips, and
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Asus4
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Your typical senior affair
Verse 2
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They were cuttin' the rug
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When someone stood up and
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tapped a glass with a spoon
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It was old Eddie Vicker's
granddaddy's best man
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And his very best friend to this day
Em
And his eyes grew misty as he
Verse 3
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He said, 'Here's to the makers
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of things built to last
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Like church bells and bridges,
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and baseball on grass
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Bm
Like Ferguson tractors and Lucchese boots
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My daddy's old tools I still use
Verse 4
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The pledge of allegiance,
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the stars and the stripes
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The words in the Bible,
Em
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the sun in the sky
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And here's to the twinkle
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in old married eyes
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Still there after fifty years past
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Here's to the makers of
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things built to last.'
Verse 5
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We live in a world now of plastic and glue
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Disposable honor, replaceable truth
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And if a pot breaks, why fix it?
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It costs less to buy it brand new
Verse 6
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Oh, but lately I've looked in
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And I see there what matters
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And I have decided I'm takin' a stand
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To stay on that fifty year plan
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Inspired by the words of a very wise man
Verse 7
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He said, 'Here's to the makers
Bm
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of things built to last
G
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Like church bells and bridges,
Em
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and baseball on grass
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Like Ferguson tractors
Bm
D
and Lucchese boots
G
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My daddy's old tools I still use
Verse 8
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The pledge of allegiance,
Bm
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the stars and the stripes
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Em
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The words in the Bible, the sun in the sky
Bm
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And here's to the twinkle
Em
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Still there after fifty years past
G
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D
Here's to the makers of things
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D
Bm
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built to last.'
G
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Here's to the makers of things built
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to last
Outro 1
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