Fire And Flood chords by Dawson Hollow

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
G   C G Em G C G

Verse 1:
G                       C        G
Life was easy back when we were young
           Em     G
We'd wear cowboy hats
               C     G
And play with laser guns

G                       C      G
Days were simple like a guitar strum
               Em     G
They were the summer nights
            C       G
No matter what the month

Pre-chorus 1:
C                     G
 The world was smaller within our circle
B7                    Em D G B
 We were so safe and warm
C
 But now we're older
G
 It's not so simple
B7                        C
 We're head on with the storm


Chorus 1:
C                                   Em D G
Come on brother, open up your eyes
           C                G              G C
Oh, we've felt the fire and seen the flood
           C            G   Em D G
Oh, we're carryin the scars
            C              G        B7   D
Oh, we've played the cynic far too long

We will travel on

G   C G Em G C G

Verse 2:
Em                  C      G
She walks in with a broken smile
        Em        G
Sister, rest your bones
            C    G
C'mon and stay a while

     G                           C        G
She takes a seat and whispers "Thank you, friend"
         Em       G
Then she looks my way
               C    G
Says "Don't misunderstand"


Pre-chorus 2:
C
 We had no armor
G
 We didn't need it
B7                        Em D G B
 We were so safe and warm
C
 But now we're older
G
 It's not so simple
B7                      C
 We're head on with the storm


Chrous 2:
C                                 Em D G
Come on sister, open up your eyes
           C                 G             G C
Oh, we've felt the fire and seen the flood
          C           G     Em D G
Oh, we're carryin the scars
          C                G      B7 D
Oh, we've played the cynic far too long

We will travel on

Instrumental:
G   C G Em G C G x4

Em     C G     D x8

C   G   B7   Em D G B
C   G   B7   C


Pre-chorus 3:
C
 The world was smaller
G
 within our circle
B7                       Em D G B
 We were so safe and warm
C
 But now we're older
G
 It's not so simple
B7                           C
 We're head on with the storm

C
 The world was smaller
G
 Way back in Dawson
B7                       Em   D   G   B
 We were so innocent, so innocent and charmed
C
 But now we're older
G
 It's not so simple
B7                           C
 We're head on with the storm


Chorus 3:
C                                Em D G
Come on people, open up your eyes
           C                 G            G C
Oh, we've felt the fire and seen the flood
           C           G   Em D G
Oh, we're carryin the scars
          C                 G      B7 D  Em D G
Oh, we've played the cynic far too long
          C                  G            G C
Oh, we've felt the fire and seen the flood
          C            G   Em D G
Oh, we're carryin the scars
          C                 G      B7 D
Oh, we've played the cynic far too long
                  G
We will travel on