Footprints chords by John Mccutcheon

Chords with lyrics

Intro: D MajorD G+G D MajorD

G+G      D MajorD
   On the day that school let out
  G+G     D MajorD
My sister Anne and me
     A augmentedA    B minorBm
Walked the fields behind our house
  G+G
To find our Christmas tree
D MajorD
  She was six years older
G+G       D MajorD
So she led the way
        A augmentedA   B minorBm         G+G    A augmentedA     D MajorD  G+G D MajorD G+G
As we walked out to find the tree we'd have on Christmas day.
  D MajorD                G+G          D MajorD
Now weeks of late November rain had brought the creek to flood

       A augmentedA   B minorBm
As we walked out across the field
  G+G
Our boots sunk in the mud
 D MajorD                   G+G       D MajorD
I soon realized that I could step inside her prints so grand
     A augmentedA      B minorBm      G+G         A augmentedA
Until it seemed like I was walking across the driest land

   G+G        D MajorD
I was walking in your foot prints
A augmentedA       D MajorD   G+G        D MajorD
Counting every step, measuring every move you made,
G+G       A augmentedA        G+G        D MajorD    A augmentedA       B minorBm A augmentedA
Every word you said, and I was dancing in your shadow, doing what you do.
   G+G        D MajorD       A augmentedA        D MajorD  G+G D MajorD G+G
I was learning how to be like me by being just like you.

D MajorD
Mom could hit a baseball
G+G        D MajorD
Lee could fly a kite,
     A augmentedA   B minorBm      G+G
Dad knew every constellation in the sky at night
  D MajorD                  G+G     D MajorD
And Ann could sing about every song that Elvis ever sung
       A augmentedA   B minorBm         G+G      A augmentedA
And it wasn't long before it seemed like I knew every one.

G+G        D MajorD
I was walking in your foot prints
A augmentedA       D MajorD   G+G        D MajorD
Counting every step, measuring every move you made,
G+G       A augmentedA        G+G        D MajorD    A augmentedA       B minorBm A augmentedA
Every word you said, and I was dancing in your shadow, doing what you do.
   G+G        D MajorD       A augmentedA        D MajorD  G+G D MajorD G+G
I was learning how to be like me by being just like you.
   G+G        D MajorD
I was watching how you walked and talked.
G+G        D MajorD
How you held you head.
G+G        D MajorD
Every joke that made you laugh.
G+G       A augmentedA
Every book you read.
G+G         D MajorD         G+G        D MajorD
And how you always did your best when no one seemed to care,
E minorEm            D MajorD
How you did you did your duty,
G+G        A augmentedA
How you did your share.

D MajorD
Now as I grow older
    G+G    D MajorD            A augmentedA   B minorBm
It's so easy to forget all the ones who follow after me
G+G
I can't imagine yet
  D MajorD
Who learn what I remember,
G+G         D MajorD
Who do what I have done,
   A augmentedA   B minorBm
Every step I travel now
 G+G         A augmentedA
I walk for more than one.

  G+G        D MajorD
I'm walking in your foot prints
A augmentedA       D MajorD   G+G        D MajorD
Counting every step, measuring every move you made,
G+G       A augmentedA        G+G        D MajorD    A augmentedA       B minorBm A augmentedA
Every word you said, and I was dancing in your shadow, doing what you do.
   G+G        D MajorD       A augmentedA        D MajorD  G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD