The Bravest chords by Tom Paxton

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: D MajorD

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
  G+G                   C majorC      G+G
The first plane hit the other tower, right after I came in
                  D MajorD
It left a fiery, gaping hole where offices had been
  C majorC          G+G       C majorC         G+G
We stood and watched in horror, as we saw the first ones fall
   C majorC          G+G                A7A7   D MajorD
Then someone yelled, "Get out, get out, they're trying to kill us all"

Verse 2:
 G+G                   C majorC           G+G
I grabbed the pictures from my desk and joined the flight for life
                     D MajorD
With every step I called the names of my children and my wife
  C majorC         G+G        C majorC        G+G
And then we heard them coming up, from several floors below
 C majorC      G+G          A7A7      D MajorD
A augmentedA crowd of firefighters with their heavy gear in tow

   Chorus:
     C majorC      G+G         C majorC       G+G
   Now every time I try to sleep, I'm haunted by the sound
                       D MajorD        G+G  D MajorD
   Of firemen pounding up the stairs, while we were running down

Verse 3:
  G+G                  C majorC        G+G
And when we met them on the stairs, they said we were too slow
                      D MajorD
"Get out, get out\