Cold Missouri Waters chords by Richard Shindell
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(D minor) (F major) (C major) (F major) (G major) (F major) (D minor) (A minor) (F major)
(Gsus4) My (C major) name's
Verse 1
Dutch,
but then you know (A minor) that
(F major) It's written on the chart there
at the foot (C major) en d of the (G major) bed
They think I'm (C major) blind,
that I can't read (A minor) it
But (F major) I've read it, every word,
and every word (C major) it says is (G major) death
So confes (A minor) sion,
is that the reason (F major) that you came? (C major)
Get it (A minor) off my chest,
before I check (F major) out of (C major) the game (G major)
(Dsus4) since (G major) you (A minor) mention it,
well there's 13 (F major) thing (C major) s I'll name,
(F major) 13 (D minor) (F major) crosses high
above the (G major) cold Missouri wa (A minor) ters
(F major) August 49, (C major) West (G major) Montana (A minor)
the (F major) hottest day on record
and the forest (C major) tinder (G major) dry,
lightning (C major) strikes in the
I (A minor) was crew (F major) chief at the jump base,
I prepared (C major) the boys to fly (G major)
I picked the (A minor) drops on C -47
(F major) that comes in low (C major)
Feel (G major) (C major) (A minor) the tap upon your (F major) leg
that (C major) tells you go (Dsus4)
See (G major) the (A minor) circle of the
fire (F major) down below (C major)
And fif (F major) teen of us (C major) trapped (F major)
above the (G major) cold Missouri wa (A minor) ters
I (F major) gauged (C major) the fire, and (G major) I'd seen (A minor) bigger
So I (F major) ordered them to side -hill,
and we'd fight (C major) it from below
(G major) We'd have (C major) our backs to (G major) the (A minor) river
We'd (F major) have it licked by morning,
even (C major) if we took it slow (G major)
But the fire (A minor) crowned,
jumped the val (F major) ley just ahead (C major)
There (G major) was no (A minor) way down,
headed for (F major) the (C major) ridge instead (G major)
Too big (A minor) to fight it,
we'd have to fight (F major) that slope instead
(C major) The flame (F major) was one step behind
above the (G major) cold misery wa
(A minor) ters (D minor) (F major) (G major)
Sky turned (C major) red, smoke (G major) was boiling (A minor)
200 (F major) yards to safety,
death was (C major) 50 yards behind
(G major) I don't (C major) know why, I just thought (A minor) it
I struck (F major) a match to waste high grass,
(C major) runnin' out of time (G major)
I tried (A minor) to tell them,
step into (F major) this fire I've (C major) set
You (G major) can (A minor) 't make it,
this is (F major) the only chance (G major) you'll get
But they (A minor) cursed me,
and ran for the rock (F major) s above instead, (C major)
and I lay (F major) face down and prayed
above the (G major) cold Missouri waters. (A minor)
(D minor) (G major) (F major) (G major)
(D minor) (F major) (A minor) (F major)
And when (C major) I rose like (A minor) a phoenix
And that world (F major) reduced to ashes
There were none (C major) but two who survived
(G major) I stayed (C major) that night
And one day after (A minor)
I carried bodies (F major) to the river
Wondering how (C major) I stayed
alive (Dsus4)
Thirteen (G major) (A minor) stations of the cross (F major)
To mark their fall (C major)
And I've (A minor) had my say
I'll (F major) confess to noth (C major) ing more (G major)
(Dsus4) An (G major) d I'll (A minor) join them now
those (F major) that left me long before. (C major)
Thir (F major) teen crosses high above the
(G major) cold Missouri wa (A minor) ters.
Thir (F major) teen crosses high
above the (G major) cold Mis (F major) souri shore. (D minor)
(G major) Oh (C major) -oh, (F major) -oh, oh (G major) oh -oh.
(D minor) Oh -oh, oh (F major) (A minor) oh (F major) oh -oh.
Heavy single down it we want it.
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Cold Missouri Waters
Richard Shindell
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