The Housefire

	  		
Intro: C G D C (x2) 

verse 1 
C                   G 
I remember smelling smoke 
D               Em 
I woke up I was choking 
C                  G           D 
Lorrie grabbed the baby and we made it safe outside 
C                  G 
She never missed a note 
D                 Em 
Took a breath and cleared her throat 
C                    G                 D               G 
And wrapped him in a Carhartt coat she found out in my ride 

verse 2 
Em D C            G 
     Next thing I remember 
D                 Em 
I was barefoot in December 
C              G             D 
When I hit the door again it really came alive 
C                G     D       Em 
That was all she wrote in a 30 second note 
C                G             D            G 
I got out with a photograph and my old auto 5 


C               G 
Lord knows that I've been blessed 
D              G 
I can stand up to the test 
C             G 
I can live on so much less 
D                   Em  D 
This much I've been learning 
C                  G 
Feel a pounding in my chest 
D            G 
I'm fearful I'll confess 
C           G 
How am I to get my rest? 
D                    G 
The house I built is burning 


verse 3 
C G D G 
C                  G 
Well Lorrie called the volunteers 
D           Em 
Siren music to my ears 
C               G                D 
First I've been glad to hear the flashing red and blue 
C               G 
Can't repay the time they gave 
D                 Em 
There was nothing left to save 
C                  G 
Shake all of their hands and waved 
D                     G 
They did all they can do 


C               G 
Lord knows that I've been blessed 
D              G 
I can stand up to the test 
C             G 
I can live on so much less 
D                   Em  D 
This much I've been learning 
C          G 
Forgive my cowardice 
D            G 
I am fearful I'll confess 
C           G 
How am I to get my rest? 
D                    G 
The house I built is burning 


verse 4 
F             C 
We snuck away two nights ago 
Am              G 
Rode around the logging roads 
F                  C          G 
We been stuck in a motor home about to fall apart 
F          C 
We finally made a go 
Am          G 
Got dealt a heavy blow 
F                     C               G                  C 
She said I'll bet you make it, it's a long way from your heart 

 
Em D C                G 
     Well I know that I've been blessed 
D               G 
I can make more out of less 
C            G           D              Em   D 
I can get my rest in any bed that I lay down in 
C           G 
Got nothing holding me 
D            G 
Got a couple memories 
C                G 
A picture of the three of us 
D                    G 
And my grandfather's Browning 


C G D G (x2) Em D C G D G (x2)