Cry Cry Cry - Cold missouri waters

My ^Cname is Dodge, but then you ^Amknow that It's ^Fwritten on the chart there, at the ^Cfoot end of the of the ^Gbed They ^Cthink I'm blind, that I can't ^Amread it But I've ^Fread it, every word and every ^Cword it says is ^Gdeath So ^Amconfession. Is that the ^Freason that you ^Ccame? Get it ^Amoff my chest before I ^Fcheck out of the ^Ggame Since you ^Ammention it, well, there's ^Fthirteen things I'll ^Cname ^DmThirteen crosses ^Fhigh above the ^Gcold Missouri ^Amwaters ^F

August '4^C9, North Mon^Amtana The ^Fhottest day on record, the ^Cforest tinder ^Gdry Lightning ^Cstrikes in the ^Ammountains I was ^Fcrew chief at the jump base, I pre^Cpared the boys to ^Gfly Picked the ^Amdrop zone, C4^F7 comes in ^Clow Feel the ^Amtap upon your ^Fleg that tells you, "^GGo" See the ^Amcircle of the ^Ffire down be^Clow ^DmFifteen of us ^Fdropped above the ^Gcold Missouri ^Amwaters ^F

Gauged the ^Cfire, I'd seen ^Ambigger So I ^Fordered them to side hill, we'd ^Cfight it from be^Glow We'd ^Chave our backs to the ^Amriver We'd ^Fhave it licked by morning, even ^Cif we took it ^Gslow But the ^Amfire crowned, jumped the ^Fvalley just a^Chead There was ^Amno way down, headed ^Ffor the ridge in^Gstead Too big to ^Amfight it, we'd have to ^Ffight that slope in^Cstead ^DmFlames one step be^Fhind, above the ^Gcold Missouri ^Amwaters ^F

^CSky had turned red, smoke was ^Amboiling Two ^Fhundred yards to safety, death was ^Cfifty yards be^Ghind I don't ^Cknow why, I just ^Amthought it I ^Fstruck a match to waist high grass, ^Crunning out of ^Gtime Tried to ^Amtell them, "Step in^Fto this fire I've ^Cset." "We can't ^Ammake it, this is the ^Fonly chance you'll ^Gget" But they ^Amcursed me, ran for the ^Frocks above in^Cstead I ^Dmlay face down and ^Fprayed above the ^Gcold Missouri ^Amwaters

INTERLUDE:

^DmAah, ^Emaah, ^Faah, ^Gaah ^GAah, ^Dmaah, ^Amaah, ^Faah

Then when I ^Crose like the ^Amphoenix In that ^Fworld reduced to ashes, there were ^Cnone, but two sur^Gvived I ^Cstayed that night and one day ^Amafter Carried ^Fbodies to the river, wondering ^Chow I stayed a^Glive Thirteen ^Amstations of the ^Fcross to mark their ^Cfall I've ^Amhad my say, I'll con^Ffess to nothing ^Gmore I'll ^Amjoin them now, those that ^Fleft me long be^Cfore ^DmThirteen crosses ^Fhigh above the ^Gcold Missouri ^Amwaters ^DmThirteen crosses ^Fhigh above the ^Gcold Missouri ^Dmsoar^Emed__^F___^G__ ^DmOoh, ^Amooh, ^Fooh