{"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":2822663,"song":"The Bravest","artist":"Tom Paxton","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11640713-the-bravest-chords-by-tom-paxton/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2822663?type=chord","rating":0.06389,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe first plane hit the other tower, right after I came in[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt left a fiery, gaping hole where offices had been[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe stood and watched in horror, as we saw the first ones fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]A7[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen someone yelled, \"Get out, get out, they're trying to kill us all\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI grabbed the pictures from my desk and joined the flight for life[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith every step I called the names of my children and my wife[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd then we heard them coming up, from several floors below[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]A7[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA crowd of firefighters with their heavy gear in tow[/tab]\r\n\r\n     [Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     Now every time I try to sleep, I'm haunted by the sound[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n     Of firemen pounding up the stairs, while we were running down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd when we met them on the stairs, they said we were too slow[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"Get out, get out\", they yelled at us, \"The whole thing's gonna go\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey didn't have to tell us twice, we'd seen the world on fire[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]A7[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe kept on running down the stairs, while they kept climbing higher[/tab]\r\n\r\n     [Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     Now every time I try to sleep, I'm haunted by the sound[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n     Of firemen pounding up the stairs, while we were running down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThank God, we made it to the street, we ran through ash and smoke[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI didn't know which way to run, I thought that I would choke[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA fireman took me by the arm and he pointed me uptown[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]A7[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd, \"Christ\", I heard him whisper, as the tower came roaring down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo now I go to funerals for men I never knew[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe pipers play 'Amazing Grace' as the coffins come in view[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey must have seen it coming when they turned to face the fire[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]A7[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey sent us down to safety, then they kept on climbing higher[/tab]\r\n\r\n     [Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     Now every time I try to sleep, I'm haunted by the sound[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     Of firemen pounding up the stairs, while we were running down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     Of firemen pounding up the stairs, while we were running down[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n     [Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n     [Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n     [Chorus]","chords":["G","C","D","A7","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}