D  A  Bm G 

D                               G
It was just me and the preacher standing in the rain
    D              A            G          
The day we laid my daddy in the ground.
   D                               G
We waited for his friends to show, nobody came
      D                  A              D        
So we said a prayer and headed back to town.
    A                        Bm
And I thought about him, how sad his life had been
  G                                   D 
I swore that someday I'd do something worth remembering

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      G                           D                    
I'd be more than just a name on a stone
 G                           Bm
More than just a box full of bones.
    G                              D       A
I want someone to miss me when I'm gone
              G                        D 
I want to be more than just a name on a stone.

[Instrumental]
D A  Bm G 
                                         
D                                         G
I wanna pick the Wildwood Flower, catch a baseball in the stands
                   A                     G
Learn to tell some jokes and make folks laugh
D                                     G
I wanna find the perfect woman, wanna sail a boat to France
                     A                  D
Throw caution to the wind and not look back.
          A                      Bm
I wanna make a million memories, make a million friends 
 G                                                D
And have 'em gather all around me when my journey ends

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           A                             Bm
I wanna be more than just a guy, who never lived, then he died, with
           A    
nothing to show 
         G                             Bm
But some dates above a grave, that the years have washed away 
          A                D           
Don't you know, don't you know I want to be

[Chorus]
 A              G       
I want to be more than just a name 
   A                              D   
Much more than just a name on a stone.
 A        Bm     G 
Name on a stone