Cold Missouri Waters

	  		Cry Cry Cry - Cold Missouri Waters 


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Intro: Dm  Em  F  G    Dm  Am  F 

   C                           Am 
My name is Dodge, but then you know that 
     F                                  C                      G 
It's written on the chart there, at the foot end of the of the bed 
     C                             Am 
They think I'm blind, that I can't read it 
         F                             C               G 
But I've read it, every word and every word it says is death 
   Am                      F               C 
So confession. Is that the reason that you came? 
       Am                    F                G 
Get it off my chest before I check out of the game 
          Am                        F                    C 
Since you mention it, well, there's thirteen things I'll name 
Dm               F              G             Am          F 
Thirteen crosses high above the cold Missouri waters 


         C           Am 
August '49, North Montana 
    F                          C             G 
The hottest day on record, the forest tinder dry 
          C              Am 
Lightning strikes in the mountains 
      F                                 C                 G 
I was crew chief at the jump base, I prepared the boys to fly 
           Am           F          C 
Picked the drop zone, C47 comes in low 
         Am            F                    G  
Feel the tap upon your leg that tells you, "Go" 
        Am            F           C 
See the circle of the fire down below 
Dm            F                 G             Am         F 
Fifteen of us dropped above the cold Missouri waters 


           C              Am 
Gauged the fire, I'd seen bigger 
     F                               C               G 
So I ordered them to side hill, we'd fight it from below 
     C                     Am 
We'd have our backs to the river 
     F                               C             G 
We'd have it licked by morning, even if we took it slow 
        Am                       F            C 
But the fire crowned, jumped the valley just ahead 
          Am                  F               G 
There was no way down, headed for the ridge instead 
           Am                     F                  C 
Too big to fight it, we'd have to fight that slope instead 
Dm                F               G             Am         F 
Flames one step behind, above the cold Missouri waters 


C                             Am 
Sky had turned red, smoke was boiling 
    F                                  C             G 
Two hundred yards to safety, death was fifty yards behind 
        C                Am 
I don't know why, I just thought it 
  F                                   C              G 
I struck a match to waist high grass, running out of time 
         Am                 F                 C         
Tried to tell them, "Step into this fire I've set." 
          Am                   F                  G 
"We can't make it, this is the only chance you'll get" 
         Am                     F             C 
But they cursed me, ran for the rocks above instead 
  Dm                F                G             Am  
I lay face down and prayed above the cold Missouri waters 


INTERLUDE: Dm   Em   F    G 
           Aah, aah, aah, aah  
           G    Dm   Am   F 
           Aah, aah, aah, aah  


            C             Am 
Then when I rose like the phoenix 
        F                                  C                G  
In that world reduced to ashes, there were none, but two survived 
  C                             Am 
I stayed that night and one day after 
        F                              C             G 
Carried bodies to the river, wondering how I stayed alive 
         Am              F                   C 
Thirteen stations of the cross to mark their fall 
     Am                  F               G                          
I've had my say, I'll confess to nothing more 
     Am                        F              C  
I'll join them now, those that left me long before 
Dm               F              G             Am 
Thirteen crosses high above the cold Missouri waters 
Dm               F              G             Dm  Em  F  G 
Thirteen crosses high above the cold Missouri soared_______ 
Dm   Am   F 
Ooh, ooh, ooh