Cold Missouri Waters Chords by Cry Cry Cry
Tempo:
95.1 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Bm
A
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em] [F#m] [G] [A]
[Em] [G]
[D] My name is Dodge, then [Bm] you know that
It's [G] written on the chart there [D] at the foot end [A] of the bed.
[D] They think I'm blind
But I [Bm] can't read it
[G] But I've read it every word every [D] word it [A] says is death [Bm] so confession
Is [G] that the reason [D] that you came [Bm] get it off my chest?
Before [G] I check out [A] of the game [Bm] since you mentioned
Well, [G] there's 13 [D] things.
I'll [Em] name [D] 13 crosses high above the cold [Bm] Missouri waters
[G] [D] August 49
[Bm] North Montana
[G] Hot it's day on record [D] and the forest [A] tinder dry [D] lightning strikes
[Bm] In the mountains I [G] was crew chief at the jump base
I [D] prepared [A] boys to fly [Bm] pick the drops on
C [G] 47 [D] comes in low [Bm] feel the top
[G] Upon your leg that [A] tells you go [Bm] see the circle [G] of the fire [D] down below
[Em] [G] 15 of us dropped [F#m] above the cold [Bm] Missouri waters
[G]
[D] Gauge the fire
I'd see bigger
So [G] I ordered them to side hill [D] we fight it from below
We'd have our backs to the river
[G] We'd have it licked by morning [D] even if we took [A] it slow, [Bm] but the fire crowned
[G] Jumped the valley [D] just ahead.
There was no way down
[G] Headed for the [A] ridge instead [Bm] too big to fight it we'd [G] have to fight that [D] slope instead
[Em] Flames one step behind [D] above the cold Missouri [Bm]
waters
[Em] [D]
Sky turn red
smoke was boiling
[G] 200 yards to safety [D] death was 50 yards behind.
I don't know why I
[Bm] Just thought it [G] I struck a match to waste high [D] grass running out of [A] time
[Bm] Tried to tell them
[G] Step into this [D] fire.
I've said we can [C#] make [Bm] it
This [G] is the only [A] chance you'll get [Bm] but they cursed me ran [G] for the rocks [D] above
Instead [Em] [G] they faced down [A] and prayed above the cold Missouri [Bm] waters
[Em] [D] [G] [A]
[Em] [Bm] Ah
[G] And [D] when I rose
like the [Bm] Phoenix
[D] That [G] world reduced to ashes [D] there were none but [A] to survive.
[D] I stayed that night
one day [Bm] after
[G] Carried bodies to the river [D] wondering how I [A] stayed alive
[Bm] 13 stations [G] of the cross to [D] mark their fall.
[Bm] I've had my say
[G] I'll confess to [A] nothing more.
[Bm] I'll join them now [G] those that left me [D] long before
[G] 13 crosses high [F#m] above the cold [Bm] Missouri waters
[Em] [G] 13 crosses high [A] above the cold [Em] Missouri
[Bm] [A] [Em] [G]
[Em] [G]
[D] My name is Dodge, then [Bm] you know that
It's [G] written on the chart there [D] at the foot end [A] of the bed.
[D] They think I'm blind
But I [Bm] can't read it
[G] But I've read it every word every [D] word it [A] says is death [Bm] so confession
Is [G] that the reason [D] that you came [Bm] get it off my chest?
Before [G] I check out [A] of the game [Bm] since you mentioned
Well, [G] there's 13 [D] things.
I'll [Em] name [D] 13 crosses high above the cold [Bm] Missouri waters
[G] [D] August 49
[Bm] North Montana
[G] Hot it's day on record [D] and the forest [A] tinder dry [D] lightning strikes
[Bm] In the mountains I [G] was crew chief at the jump base
I [D] prepared [A] boys to fly [Bm] pick the drops on
C [G] 47 [D] comes in low [Bm] feel the top
[G] Upon your leg that [A] tells you go [Bm] see the circle [G] of the fire [D] down below
[Em] [G] 15 of us dropped [F#m] above the cold [Bm] Missouri waters
[G]
[D] Gauge the fire
I'd see bigger
So [G] I ordered them to side hill [D] we fight it from below
We'd have our backs to the river
[G] We'd have it licked by morning [D] even if we took [A] it slow, [Bm] but the fire crowned
[G] Jumped the valley [D] just ahead.
There was no way down
[G] Headed for the [A] ridge instead [Bm] too big to fight it we'd [G] have to fight that [D] slope instead
[Em] Flames one step behind [D] above the cold Missouri [Bm]
waters
[Em] [D]
Sky turn red
smoke was boiling
[G] 200 yards to safety [D] death was 50 yards behind.
I don't know why I
[Bm] Just thought it [G] I struck a match to waste high [D] grass running out of [A] time
[Bm] Tried to tell them
[G] Step into this [D] fire.
I've said we can [C#] make [Bm] it
This [G] is the only [A] chance you'll get [Bm] but they cursed me ran [G] for the rocks [D] above
Instead [Em] [G] they faced down [A] and prayed above the cold Missouri [Bm] waters
[Em] [D] [G] [A]
[Em] [Bm] Ah
[G] And [D] when I rose
like the [Bm] Phoenix
[D] That [G] world reduced to ashes [D] there were none but [A] to survive.
[D] I stayed that night
one day [Bm] after
[G] Carried bodies to the river [D] wondering how I [A] stayed alive
[Bm] 13 stations [G] of the cross to [D] mark their fall.
[Bm] I've had my say
[G] I'll confess to [A] nothing more.
[Bm] I'll join them now [G] those that left me [D] long before
[G] 13 crosses high [F#m] above the cold [Bm] Missouri waters
[Em] [G] 13 crosses high [A] above the cold [Em] Missouri
[Bm] [A] [Em] [G]
Key:
G
D
Bm
A
Em
G
D
Bm
[Em] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [D] My name is Dodge, then [Bm] you know that
It's [G] written on the chart there [D] at the foot end [A] of the bed.
[D] They think I'm blind
But I [Bm] can't read it
_ [G] But I've read it every word every [D] word it [A] says is death [Bm] so confession
Is [G] that the reason [D] that you came [Bm] get it off my chest?
Before [G] I check out [A] of the game [Bm] since you mentioned
Well, [G] there's 13 [D] things.
I'll [Em] name [D] 13 crosses high above the cold [Bm] Missouri waters _ _ _
[G] _ [D] August 49
_ [Bm] North Montana
_ _ [G] Hot it's day on record [D] and the forest [A] tinder dry [D] lightning strikes
_ [Bm] In the mountains I [G] was crew chief at the jump base
I [D] prepared [A] boys to fly [Bm] pick the drops on
C [G] 47 [D] comes in low [Bm] feel the top
_ [G] Upon your leg that [A] tells you go [Bm] see the circle _ [G] of the fire [D] down below
[Em] [G] 15 of us dropped [F#m] above the cold [Bm] Missouri _ waters
_ _ [G] _
[D] Gauge the fire
_ I'd see bigger
So [G] I ordered them to side hill [D] we fight it from below
We'd have our backs to the river _
[G] We'd have it licked by morning [D] even if we took [A] it slow, [Bm] but the fire crowned
[G] Jumped the valley [D] just ahead.
There was no way down
[G] Headed for the [A] ridge instead [Bm] too big to fight it we'd [G] have to fight that [D] slope instead
[Em] Flames one step behind [D] above the cold Missouri [Bm] _
waters
[Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ Sky turn red
smoke was boiling
[G] 200 yards to safety [D] death was 50 yards behind.
I don't know why I
[Bm] Just thought it _ [G] I struck a match to waste high [D] grass running out of [A] time
[Bm] Tried to tell them
[G] Step into this [D] fire.
I've said we can [C#] make [Bm] it
This [G] is the only [A] chance you'll get [Bm] but they cursed me ran [G] for the rocks [D] above
Instead [Em] [G] they faced down [A] and prayed above the cold Missouri [Bm] waters _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] Ah
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ And [D] when I rose
like the [Bm] Phoenix _
[D] That [G] world reduced to ashes [D] there were none but [A] to survive.
[D] I stayed that night
one day [Bm] after _
[G] Carried bodies to the river [D] wondering how I [A] stayed alive
[Bm] 13 stations [G] of the cross to [D] mark their fall.
[Bm] I've had my say
[G] I'll confess to [A] nothing more.
[Bm] I'll join them now [G] those that left me [D] long before
[G] 13 crosses high [F#m] above the cold [Bm] Missouri waters
_ [Em] [G] 13 crosses high [A] above the cold [Em] Missouri
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [D] My name is Dodge, then [Bm] you know that
It's [G] written on the chart there [D] at the foot end [A] of the bed.
[D] They think I'm blind
But I [Bm] can't read it
_ [G] But I've read it every word every [D] word it [A] says is death [Bm] so confession
Is [G] that the reason [D] that you came [Bm] get it off my chest?
Before [G] I check out [A] of the game [Bm] since you mentioned
Well, [G] there's 13 [D] things.
I'll [Em] name [D] 13 crosses high above the cold [Bm] Missouri waters _ _ _
[G] _ [D] August 49
_ [Bm] North Montana
_ _ [G] Hot it's day on record [D] and the forest [A] tinder dry [D] lightning strikes
_ [Bm] In the mountains I [G] was crew chief at the jump base
I [D] prepared [A] boys to fly [Bm] pick the drops on
C [G] 47 [D] comes in low [Bm] feel the top
_ [G] Upon your leg that [A] tells you go [Bm] see the circle _ [G] of the fire [D] down below
[Em] [G] 15 of us dropped [F#m] above the cold [Bm] Missouri _ waters
_ _ [G] _
[D] Gauge the fire
_ I'd see bigger
So [G] I ordered them to side hill [D] we fight it from below
We'd have our backs to the river _
[G] We'd have it licked by morning [D] even if we took [A] it slow, [Bm] but the fire crowned
[G] Jumped the valley [D] just ahead.
There was no way down
[G] Headed for the [A] ridge instead [Bm] too big to fight it we'd [G] have to fight that [D] slope instead
[Em] Flames one step behind [D] above the cold Missouri [Bm] _
waters
[Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ Sky turn red
smoke was boiling
[G] 200 yards to safety [D] death was 50 yards behind.
I don't know why I
[Bm] Just thought it _ [G] I struck a match to waste high [D] grass running out of [A] time
[Bm] Tried to tell them
[G] Step into this [D] fire.
I've said we can [C#] make [Bm] it
This [G] is the only [A] chance you'll get [Bm] but they cursed me ran [G] for the rocks [D] above
Instead [Em] [G] they faced down [A] and prayed above the cold Missouri [Bm] waters _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] Ah
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ And [D] when I rose
like the [Bm] Phoenix _
[D] That [G] world reduced to ashes [D] there were none but [A] to survive.
[D] I stayed that night
one day [Bm] after _
[G] Carried bodies to the river [D] wondering how I [A] stayed alive
[Bm] 13 stations [G] of the cross to [D] mark their fall.
[Bm] I've had my say
[G] I'll confess to [A] nothing more.
[Bm] I'll join them now [G] those that left me [D] long before
[G] 13 crosses high [F#m] above the cold [Bm] Missouri waters
_ [Em] [G] 13 crosses high [A] above the cold [Em] Missouri
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _