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Released: 2017[INTRO:] x2
D A E D
[Verse 1]
D A
I remember smelling smoke
E F#m
I woke up I was choking
D A E
Lorrie grabbed the baby and we made it safe outside
D A
She never missed a note
E F#m
Took a breath and cleared her throat
D A E A
And wrapped him in a Carhartt coat she found out in my ride
[Verse 2]
F#m E D A
Next thing I remember
E F#m
I was barefoot in December
D A E
When I hit the door again it really came alive
D A E F#m
That was all she wrote in a 30 second note
D A E A
I got out with a photograph and my old auto 5
[Chorus]
D A
Lord knows that I've been blessed
E A
I can stand up to the test
D A
I can live on so much less
E F#m E
This much I've been learning
D A
Feel a pounding in my chest
E A
I'm fearful I'll confess
D A
How am I to get my rest?
E A
The house I built is burning
[Verse 3]
D A E A
D A
Well Lorrie called the volunteers
E F#m
Siren music to my ears
D A E
First I've been glad to hear the flashing red and blue
D A
Can't repay the time they gave
E F#m
There was nothing left to save
D A
Shake all of their hands and waved
E A
They did all they can do
[Chorus]
D A
Lord knows that I've been blessed
E A
I can stand up to the test
D A
I can live on so much less
E F#m E
This much I've been learning
D A
Forgive my cowardice
E A
I am fearful I'll confess
D A
How am I to get my rest?
E A
The house I built is burning
[Verse 4]
G D
We snuck away two nights ago
Bm A
Rode around the logging roads
G D A
We been stuck in a motor home about to fall apart
G D
We finally made a go
Bm A
Got dealt a heavy blow
G D A D
She said I'll bet you make it, it's a long way from your heart
[Chorus]
F#m E D A
Well I know that I've been blessed
E A
I can make more out of less
D A E F#m E
I can get my rest in any bed that I lay down in
D A
Got nothing holding me
E A
Got a couple memories
D A
A picture of the three of us
E A
And my grandfather's Browning
[OUTRO:]
D A E A (x2)
F#m E D A E A (x2)
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