Cold Missouri Waters chords by Cry Cry Cry

Cry Cry Cry - Cold Missouri Waters


CAPO: 2nd Fret



INTRO: Dm Em F G  Dm Am F

  C              Am
My name is Dodge, but then you know that
   F                 C           G
It's written on the chart there, at the foot end of the of the bed
   C               Am
They think I'm blind, that I can't read it
     F               C        G
But I've read it, every word and every word it says is death
  Am           F        C
So, confession, is that the reason that you came?
    Am          F        G
Get it off my chest before I check out of the game
     Am            F          C
Since you mention it, well, there's thirteen things I'll name
Dm        F       G       Am     F
Thirteen crosses high above the cold Missouri waters

     C      Am
August '49, North Montana
  F             C       G
The hottest day on record, the forest tinder dry
     C       Am
Lightning strikes in the mountains
   F                 C         G
I was crew chief at the jump base, I prepared the boys to fly
      Am      F     C
Picked the drop zone, C47 comes in low
     Am      F          G
Feel the tap upon your leg that tells you, "Go"
    Am      F      C
See the circle of the fire down below
Dm      F         G       Am     F
Fifteen of us dropped above the cold Missouri waters


      C       Am
Gauged the fire, I'd seen bigger
   F                C        G
So I ordered them to side hill, we'd fight it from below
   C           Am
We'd have our backs to the river
   F                C       G
We'd have it licked by morning, even if we took it slow
    Am            F      C
But the fire crowned, jumped the valley just ahead
     Am         F        G
There was no way down, headed for the ridge instead
      Am           F         C
Too big to fight it, we'd have to fight that slope instead
Dm        F        G       Am     F
Flames one step behind, above the cold Missouri waters


C               Am
Sky had turned red, smoke was boiling
  F                 C       G
Two hundred yards to safety, death was fifty yards behind
    C        Am
I don't know why, I just thought it
 F                  C       G
I struck a match to waist high grass, running out of time
     Am         F         C
Tried to tell them, "Step into this fire I've set."
     Am          F         G
"We can't make it, this is the only chance you'll get"
     Am           F       C
But they cursed me, ran for the rocks above instead
 Dm        F        G       Am
I lay face down and prayed above the cold Missouri waters


INTERLUDE: Dm  Em  F  G
      Aah, aah, aah, aah
      G  Dm  Am  F
      Aah, aah, aah, aah


      C       Am
Then when I rose like the phoenix
    F                 C        G
In that world reduced to ashes, there were none, but two survived
 C               Am
I stayed that night and one day after
    F               C       G
Carried bodies to the river, wondering how I stayed alive
     Am       F          C
Thirteen stations of the cross to mark their fall
   Am         F        G
I've had my say, I'll confess to nothing more
   Am            F       C
I'll join them now, those that left me long before
Dm        F       G       Am
Thirteen crosses high above the cold Missouri waters
Dm        F       G       Dm Em F G
Thirteen crosses high above the cold Missouri soared_______
Dm  Am  F