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cold misssouri waters Cry Cry Cry
[D]My name is Dodge but then you [Bm]know that
[G] [D] [A]It's written on the chart there at the foot end of the of the bed
They [D]think I'm blind that I can't [Bm]read it
I've [G]read it every word and every [D]word it says is [A]death
So [Bm]confession Is that the r[G]eason that you c[D]ame
[Bm] [G] [A]Get it off my chest before I check out of the game
Since you [Bm]mention it well there's [G]thirteen things I'll [D]name
[Em]Thirteen [Em/F#]crosses high [G]above the cold [A]Missouri wate[Bm]rs
[D]August 49 North [Bm]Montana
The [G]hottest day on record the [D]forest tinder [A]dry
Lightning [D]strikes in the mou[Bm]ntains
I was [G]crew chief at the jump base
I [D]prepared the boys to f[A]ly
Pick the [Bm]drop zone C[G]47 comes in l[D]ow
Feel the [Bm]tap upon your [G]leg that tells you [A]go
See the c[Bm]ircle of the [G]fire down [D]below
[Em]Fifteen [Em/F#]of us [G]dropped above the [A]cold Missouri [Bm]waters
Gauged the [D]fire I'd seen [Bm]bigger
So I [G]ordered them to side hill we'd [D]fight it from b[A]elow
We'd [D]have our backs to the r[Bm]iver
We'd have it [G]licked by morning even [D]if we took it [A]slow
But the [Bm]fire crowned jumped the [G]valley just [D]ahead
There was [Bm]no way down headed [G]for the ridge in[A]stead
Too [Bm]big to fight it we'd have to [G]fight that slope [D]instead
[Em]Flames [Em/F#]one step [G]behind above the [A]cold Missouri [Bm]waters
Sky had [D]turned red smoke was [Bm]boiling
Two [G]hundred yards to saftey
Death was [D]fifty yards behi[A]nd
I don't [D]know why I just [Bm]thought it
I [G]struck a match to waist high grass [D]running out of [A]time
Tried to [Bm]tell them step [G]into this fire I've [D]set
We can't [Bm]make it this is the [G]only chance you'll [A]get
But they [Bm]cursed me
Ran for the [G]rocks above i[D]nstead
[Em]I lay [Em/F#]face down and [G]prayed above the [A]cold Missouri [Bm]waters
Then [D]when I rose like the [Bm]phoenix
In that [G]world reduced to ashes
There was [D]none but two sur[A]vived
I [D]stayed that night and one day [Bm]after
Carried [G]bodies to the river
Wondering [D]how I stayed [A]alive
Thirteen s[Bm]tations of the [G]cross to mark their f[D]all
I've [Bm]had my say I'll[G] confess to nothing [A]more
I'll [Bm]join them now those that they [G]left me long [D]before
[Em]Thirteen [Em/F#]crosses [G]high above the [A]cold Missouri [Bm]waters
Cry Cry Cry
Razor & Tie Records 1998
Green Linnet Music(ASCAP)
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