Graduation day chords by
John Schumann

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Key: C minor

Verse 1
Am Am 
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We were out on the highway,
up on the ridge
C C 
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Down past the BP, under the bridge
G G 
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Out of the darkness, into the light
D D 
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Met the red and blues,
on a hot March night.
Am Am 
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Kick in a Camry, both on the run
C C 
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Both got an attitude,

Verse 2
one's got a gun
G G 
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Sometimes it seems we're
just parked in time
D D 
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Waiting for the call to the thin
Am Am 
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blue line.
They were way too fast,
so we slowed down
C C 
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They hit a family going to town
G G 
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Now I'm standing on the
road with a kid in my arms.
D D 
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A tiny little girl that I pulled

Verse 3
from the car
Am Am 
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Someone spoke, I just didn't hear
Someone else tried, I just wasn't there
G G 
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I'd gone walk- about,
Am Am 
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D D 
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God knows where.
Am Am 
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F F 
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And the radio was alive that night
Red and blues flashing
on the hot March night
C C 
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This is rough, but your heart says stay
G G 
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Am Am 
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I  made a promise on graduation day.

Verse 4
Am Am 
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Dad was a coppa on general patrol
C C 
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Thirty- five years, then he got too old
He said,
G G 
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D D 
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'You're never quite as tough as people think you are. You'll be living on your nerves,
G G 
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Living on a  prayer.'

Verse 5
Am Am 
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There's a shadow in the corner,
Shadow with a gun
C C 
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Standing in the doorway
There's a broken- hearted mum
G G 
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Fears just a phantom
In the corner of your mind
D D 
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When you're waiting for the call
to the thin blue line.
Am Am 
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Verse 6
Am Am 
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He gave me a warrant card,
Em Em 
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I gave him a salute
G G 
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Turned back smartly on my heel
D D 
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And I marched back to join the group
Am Am 
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Mum and Dad were there in the stands,
Em Em 
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We cheered and threw our caps
G G 
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That's how everybody starts at the job
D D 
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There was no way back
Am Am 
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On

Verse 7
nights like this on the side of the road
C C 
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I'd give it all away
G G 
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No one ever told me it would
D D 
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be like this
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F F 
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C C 
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On Graduation Day
G G 
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D D 
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F F 
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C C 
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G G 
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Am Am 
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Rough, tough, bullet proof, ten foot tall
C C 
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Serve and protect, answer the call
G G 
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Out on afternoon shift,
eating in the car
D D 
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Crumbs on the uniform,

Verse 8
crumbs on the floor
Am Am 
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Out of the safety, into the fray
C C 
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Run to the trouble,
when they're running away
G G 
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Your heart says go,
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but your head says stay.
Sometimes I think it's just
a matter of time
C C 
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Till my number comes up

Verse 9
on the thin blue line.
G G 
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Fear is just a phantom in
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the corner of my mind
F F 
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And the radio was alive that night
Red and blues flashing
on a hot March night
C C 
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This is rough but your heart says stay
G G 
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Am Am 
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But I  made a promise on graduation day
G G 
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I wouldn't have it any other way
D D 
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Am Am 
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On graduation day.
G G 
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I wouldn't have it any other way
D D 
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Am Am 
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I  made a promise
G G 
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I wouldn't have it any other way
D D 
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Am Am 
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G G 
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D D 
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Am Am 
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On graduation

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