George Strait - The weight of the badge

^DIt's gonna be a long one ^DAnother graveyard shift As he says ^Ggoodbye To his wife and ^Akids He spent his ^Bmlife Just like his ^Gdad's Driving ^Daway^A Under the weight of the ^Dbadge

^DHe's seen it all ^DIn his 15 years Watching our ^Gbacks Facing our ^Afears Lord knows it ^Bmain't No easy ^Gtask Keeping us ^Dsafe^A Under the weight of the ^Dbadge

He swore that ^Amoath To protect and ^Gserve Pours his heart and ^Dsoul Into both those ^Awords Lays his ^Amlife On the ^Gline The line he ^Dwalks Is razor ^Afine Tempered ^Bmstrength Is always ^Gtough But he ain't gonna ^Dbuckle^A Under the weight of the ^Dbadge

^GNot that long ago He woke up ^Gin the hospital With his ^Dwife and kids ^APraying by his ^Dbed He said ^GI'm gonna be alright There's just some^Gtimes you gotta fight And the ^Dtruth is Nothing truer could be ^Asaid I do it for ^Bmus And I do it for ^Gthem And I ain't gonna ^Dbuckle^A under the weight of the ^Dbadge

^CIt doesn't ^Gweigh a lot Un^Dtil you put it on And the ^Dweight of it is staggering ^CThen duty ^Gcalls each time He ^Dknows he's gotta answer And ^Dit's all in the hand And then the ^Cwoo-ohhh The heavy ^Gweight of the ^Dbadge ^D(no words) And he ain't gonna ^Cbuckle Under the ^Gweight of the ^Dbadge ^D(no words) No he ain't gonna ^Ambuckle Under the ^Gweight... Of the badge^D