The Fire Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[G]Old Doc [Em]says
that [G]Grandpa's gonna pull through
[Em]But my baby [G]brot[D]her, he's gonn[Em]a die[D]
[G]No more wa[Em]ter, and [G]what could we do
[Em]Now the prea[G]cher prays,
[D]and Mam[Em]a cri[D]es
And [G]me, well I [Abdim]just pick[A] up a shovel
And I [D]walk away from sud
[F#m]den household so[Bm]unds
And I [G]opened the gate
[Abdim]to the family[A] plot
And I [D]took me up an[F#m]other
piece of [Bm]ground[Em][Bm]
And I [G]kneel down to [Em]Papa
And I [G]reach out for [Em]Jesus
And I'm [G]coming up with [D]two
hand[Em]s full of so[D]d
And the [G]lines of a [Em]letter
from my [G]brother in the war
[Em]And he s[G]ays he ain't s[D]o sure
that [Em]there's [D]a God
And [G]me, I'm caught between
[Abdim]my baby b[A]rother burning
And this [D]country that can
[F#m]never be the [Bm]same
Cause I [G]saw the pictures from [A]Vi etnam
God, there's [D]a lot of children
dy[F#m]ing in the fl[Bm]ames
And [D]I t[G]hink there's a line in the B[Em]ible
[G]Says there'll be no more [Em]water
[G]Says it's gonna [D]be the
[Em]fire next [D]time[A]
[F]Time, time
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