Cold Missouri Waters chords by Cry Cry Cry

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Cry Cry Cry - Cold Missouri Waters


CAPO: 2nd Fret


INTRO: DmDm E minorEm FF G+G  DmDm A minorAm FF

  C majorC              A minorAm
My name is Dodge, but then you know that
   FF                 C majorC           G+G
It's written on the chart there, at the foot end of the of the bed
   C majorC               A minorAm
They think I'm blind, that I can't read it
     FF               C majorC        G+G
But I've read it, every word and every word it says is death
  A minorAm           FF        C majorC
So, confession, is that the reason that you came?
    A minorAm          FF        G+G
Get it off my chest before I check out of the game
     A minorAm            FF          C majorC
Since you mention it, well, there's thirteen things I'll name
DmDm        FF       G+G       A minorAm     FF
Thirteen crosses high above the cold Missouri waters

     C majorC      A minorAm
August '49, North Montana
  FF             C majorC       G+G
The hottest day on record, the forest tinder dry
     C majorC       A minorAm
Lightning strikes in the mountains
   FF                 C majorC         G+G
I was crew chief at the jump base, I prepared the boys to fly
      A minorAm      FF     C majorC
Picked the drop zone, C47 comes in low
     A minorAm      FF          G+G
Feel the tap upon your leg that tells you, "Go"
    A minorAm      FF      C majorC
See the circle of the fire down below
DmDm      FF         G+G       A minorAm     FF
Fifteen of us dropped above the cold Missouri waters


      C majorC       A minorAm
Gauged the fire, I'd seen bigger
   FF                C majorC        G+G
So I ordered them to side hill, we'd fight it from below
   C majorC           A minorAm
We'd have our backs to the river
   FF                C majorC       G+G
We'd have it licked by morning, even if we took it slow
    A minorAm            FF      C majorC
But the fire crowned, jumped the valley just ahead
     A minorAm         FF        G+G
There was no way down, headed for the ridge instead
      A minorAm           FF         C majorC
Too big to fight it, we'd have to fight that slope instead
DmDm        FF        G+G       A minorAm     FF
Flames one step behind, above the cold Missouri waters

C majorC               A minorAm
Sky had turned red, smoke was boiling
  FF                 C majorC       G+G
Two hundred yards to safety, death was fifty yards behind
    C majorC        A minorAm
I don't know why, I just thought it
 FF                  C majorC       G+G
I struck a match to waist high grass, running out of time
     A minorAm         FF         C majorC
Tried to tell them, "Step into this fire I've set."
     A minorAm          FF         G+G
"We can't make it, this is the only chance you'll get"
     A minorAm           FF       C majorC
But they cursed me, ran for the rocks above instead
 DmDm        FF        G+G       A minorAm
I lay face down and prayed above the cold Missouri waters


INTERLUDE: DmDm  E minorEm  FF  G+G
      Aah, aah, aah, aah
      G+G  DmDm  A minorAm  FF
      Aah, aah, aah, aah


      C majorC       A minorAm
Then when I rose like the phoenix
    FF                 C majorC        G+G
In that world reduced to ashes, there were none, but two survived
 C majorC               A minorAm
I stayed that night and one day after
    FF               C majorC       G+G
Carried bodies to the river, wondering how I stayed alive
     A minorAm       FF          C majorC
Thirteen stations of the cross to mark their fall
   A minorAm         FF        G+G
I've had my say, I'll confess to nothing more
   A minorAm            FF       C majorC
I'll join them now, those that left me long before
DmDm        FF       G+G       A minorAm
Thirteen crosses high above the cold Missouri waters
DmDm        FF       G+G       DmDm E minorEm FF G+G
Thirteen crosses high above the cold Missouri soared_______
DmDm  A minorAm  FF