Chords for TOM PAXTON - THE BRAVEST

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_ _ _ [Ab] Just one [D] more word about all that _ commerce.
I mean, I know that [F] _
at this point in our lives how fast _ time seems to [Ab] slip away from us.
So, I just wanted to [N] remind you _ _ _ that_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ that's my [G] wife's line.
_ _ _ _ _ Gratitude.
[B] I feel gratitude.
We all feel gratitude, about one [Db] thing or another.
_ [G] And it goes all the way from [Ab]
cheers, right, [G] to_
A _ _ [Ab] grand tour became more common in the U.S. which is how millions of [C] _ people [Bb] see about [B] the _ _ _ 343 _ [N] New York Firebombs. _ _
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[Bb] _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Db] The _ [Gm] New York Police have always enjoyed the sobriquet, New York's finest.
_ The firefighters need it. _ _ _ _ _ _
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The first plane hit the other tower [C] right after [G] I came. _ _
_ The fire _ _ engulfed [D] their offices and bed. _ _
[C] We stood and watched [G] in horror as [C] we saw the first [G] ones fall.
Then [C] someone yelled, [G] get out, get out, they're [A] trying to kill [D] us all.
_ _ [G] I grabbed the pictures from my desk [C] and joined the flight [G] for life.
_ With every step I called the names of [D] the children and my wife.
_ [C] And then we [G] heard them coming up from [C] several [G] floors below.
_ [C] A crowd of [G] _
firefighters, _ they're heavy [Am] gear [D] in tow. _ _ _ _
[C] Now every time [G] I try to sleep [C] I'm haunted by [G] the sound. _
Of _ firemen pounding up the [D] stairs while we were [G] running down.
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_ _ _ _ [G] And when we met them on the stairs they [C] said we [G] were too slow.
_ Get out, get out, they yelled at us, [D] the whole thing's gonna go.
_ [C] They didn't have to tell [G] us twice, [C] we'd seen the world on [G] fire.
_ [C] They kept on running [G] down the stairs while they [Am] kept [D] climbing _ up. _ _
_ _ [C] Now every time I [G] try to sleep I'm [C] haunted by the _
[G] sound.
Of firemen pounding up the stairs [D] while we were [G] running down.
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[G] But we made it to the street, [C] we ran through ash [G] and smoke. _
I didn't know which way to run, I [D] thought that I was choking.
[C] A _ fireman took me [G] by the arm, [C] pointed [G] me uptown. _
[C] Then cried a siren at [G] me, I looked at our [Am] faces.
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_ _ _ _ _ [G] So now I [D] go to funeral [C] homes for men I [G] never knew.
_ _ The piper plays amazing grace [D] as the coffins come in.
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They must have seen it coming when [C] they turned to face [G] the fire. _
[C] They set us down [G] to safety, then they kept [Am] on [D] climbing _ _ high.
_ _ [C] Now every time [G] I try to sleep I'm [C] haunted by the [G] _ sound.
Of _ firemen pounding up the stairs [D] while we were running down.
Of [G]
firemen pounding up the [D] stairs while we were running [G] down. _ _ _
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