"Graduation Day" (Official Music Video) Chords

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[C] We were out on the highway, up on the [Eb] ridge, down past the BP, under the [Bb] bridge.
Out of the darkness, into the [F] light, the red and blues on a hot [Cm] March night.
Dig and a Camry, both on [Eb] the run, both got an attitude, one's got [Bb] a gun.
Sometimes it seems we're just marking time, [F] waiting for the call to the thin [Cm] blue line. _ _ _ _ _ _
They were way too fast, we slowed [Eb] down, they hit a family going to [Bb] town.
Now I'm standing on the road with a kid in my [F] arms, a tiny little girl that I pulled from [Cm] the car.
Someone spoke, I just didn't hear, someone else tried, I just [Bb] wasn't there.
I'd gone and walked about, [Cm] God knows where. _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] And the radio was alive that night, red and blues flashing on a hot March [Eb] night.
The answer's rough, but your heart says [Bb] stay, but I made a promise _ _ _ on [Cm] graduation day. _ _ _ _ _
_ Dad was a copper on general [Eb] patrol, 35 years then he'd gone too [Bb] old.
He said you're never quite as dumb as people think you are, [F] you'll be living on your nerves, living on a prayer.
There's a [Cm] shadow on the corner, a shadow with a gun, [Eb] standing in the doorway, that's a broken [Bb] hearted mum.
She is just a phantom in the corner of your [F] mind when you're waiting for the call to the thin blue [Cm] line. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ She gave me a warrant [Gm] card, I gave him a salute.
[Bb] Turned round smartly on my [F] heel and I marched back to join the group.
[Cm] Mum and Dad were there in the [Gm] stands, we cheered and threw our caps.
[Bb] That's how everybody starts in the [F] job, there was no way back.
[Cm] A night like this on the side of the [Eb] road, I'd give it all away.
[Bb] No one ever told me it would be like [F] this. _
On [Cm] graduation day. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ Rough, tough, bulletproof, 10 foot [Eb] tall, serve and protect, answer the [Bb] call.
Out on afternoon shift, [Eb] eating in [F] the car, crumbs on my uniform, [Bb] crumbs on the [Cm] floor.
Out of the safety, into the [Eb] fray, run to the trouble when they're running [Bb] away.
Your heart says go, but your head says [Cm] stay. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Sometimes I think it's just a matter of [Eb] time, till my number comes up on the thin blue [Bb] line.
Fear's just a phantom in the corner of my [Cm] mind. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] The radio was alive that night, red and blue splashing on a hot March [Eb] night.
Your head says run, but your heart says [Bb] stay.
But I made a promise on _ _ [Cm] graduation day.
I wouldn't [Bb] have it any other way.
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_ [Cm] _ _ I [Bb] _ _ [F]
[C] made a promise.
_ [Eb] On [Bb] _ _ [F] _
[Cm] graduation day.
[Eb] I wouldn't [Bb] have it any other way.
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