Forged By Fire chords by Hank Williams Jr

Intro:
C   Bb   F   Eb Bb      x2

Verse:
       C
It was hard for him to get out of bed
         Gm
When the phone rang sleepy eyed she said
           F
"Charlie's drunk again
                          C
Why don't you just let it ring?"
            C
Through the years he'd always picked it up
        Gm
For the guy who came back and saved his butt
          F
What they have in common is a brotherhood
   G
So few could understand

Chorus:
          C         F
They were forged by fire
Bb
Hard times you get beyond
F             G
Give you an unbreakable bond
C         F
Forged by fire
        Bb            F
When you pray to God, beat the odds
Dm                          G
And you walk through hell together
               C         F    Eb D C
You're forever forged by fire

Verse:
          C
The young GI said from his VA bed
         Gm
"Why you wanna hang out with us broken men
      F
While you could be spending your time
                     C
With your family and friends."
   C
He told him "son, you're family too
  Gm
I see myself when I look at you
     F
In a place and time you don't forget
   G
So even though we've just met"

Chorus:
      C         F
We're forged by fire
Bb
Hard times you get beyond
F             G
Give you an unbreakable bond
C         F
Forged by fire
        Bb            F
When you pray to God, beat the odds
Dm                          G
And you walk through hell together
               C         F    Bb  F  Eb  D C
You're forever forged (solo)

Verse:
         C
He said "goodbye GI, see you next week"
   Gm
He rolls himself out to the street
       F
Pretty hard for him to get up in that van
    C
And throw the wheelchair in the back
C
He was headed home ready to unwind
     Gm
When Charlie called "can you help me one more time?"
        F
He said "Chuck, I'll be there on the double
      G
For a brother, it's no trouble"

Outro:
            C         F
When you're forged by fire
Bb
Hard times you get beyond
F           G
Iraq, Korea or Khe Sanh
C         F
Forged by fire
     Bb          F
From Iwo Jima to Afghanistan
      Eb                         D
We're talking about the American fighting man

C         F    Bb  F  G
Forged by fire
C         F    Bb  F  G
Forged by fire.