{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1719956,"song":"Cold Missouri Waters","artist":"Cry Cry Cry","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11364421-cold-missouri-waters-chords-by-cry-cry-cry/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1719956?type=chord","rating":4.99362,"votes":135,"content":"Cry Cry Cry - Cold Missouri Waters\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMy name is Dodge, but then you know that[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's written on the chart there, at the foot end of the of the bed[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey think I'm blind, that I can't read it[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I've read it, every word and every word it says is death[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo, confession, is that the reason that you came?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGet it off my chest before I check out of the game[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSince you mention it, well, there's thirteen things I'll name[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThirteen crosses high above the cold Missouri waters[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAugust '49, North Montana[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe hottest day on record, the forest tinder dry[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLightning strikes in the mountains[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was crew chief at the jump base, I prepared the boys to fly[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPicked the drop zone, C47 comes in low[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nFeel the tap upon your leg that tells you, \"Go\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSee the circle of the fire down below[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFifteen of us dropped above the cold Missouri waters[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nGauged the fire, I'd seen bigger[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo I ordered them to side hill, we'd fight it from below[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe'd have our backs to the river[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe'd have it licked by morning, even if we took it slow[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut the fire crowned, jumped the valley just ahead[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere was no way down, headed for the ridge instead[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nToo big to fight it, we'd have to fight that slope instead[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFlames one step behind, above the cold Missouri waters[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSky had turned red, smoke was boiling[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTwo hundred yards to safety, death was fifty yards behind[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI don't know why, I just thought it[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI struck a match to waist high grass, running out of time[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nTried to tell them, \"Step into this fire I've set.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"We can't make it, this is the only chance you'll get\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut they cursed me, ran for the rocks above instead[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nI lay face down and prayed above the cold Missouri waters[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]INTERLUDE: [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Aah, aah, aah, aah [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n Aah, aah, aah, aah [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThen when I rose like the phoenix[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nIn that world reduced to ashes, there were none, but two survived[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI stayed that night and one day after[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCarried bodies to the river, wondering how I stayed alive[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThirteen stations of the cross to mark their fall[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI've had my say, I'll confess to nothing more[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nI'll join them now, those that left me long before[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThirteen crosses high above the cold Missouri waters[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThirteen crosses high above the cold Missouri shore_______[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOoh, ooh, ooh[/tab]","plain_text":"Cry Cry Cry - Cold Missouri Waters\n\n\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\n\n\n\nINTRO: Dm Em F G Dm Am F","chords":["Dm","Em","F","G","Am","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}