Footprints chords by John Mccutcheon

Intro: D G D

G      D
   On the day that school let out
  G     D
My sister Anne and me
     A    Bm
Walked the fields behind our house
  G
To find our Christmas tree
D
  She was six years older
G       D
So she led the way
        A   Bm         G    A     D  G D G
As we walked out to find the tree we'd have on Christmas day.
  D                G          D
Now weeks of late November rain had brought the creek to flood

       A   Bm
As we walked out across the field
  G
Our boots sunk in the mud
 D                   G       D
I soon realized that I could step inside her prints so grand
     A      Bm      G         A
Until it seemed like I was walking across the driest land




   G        D
I was walking in your foot prints
A       D   G        D
Counting every step, measuring every move you made,
G       A        G        D    A       Bm A
Every word you said, and I was dancing in your shadow, doing what you do.
   G        D       A        D  G D G
I was learning how to be like me by being just like you.

D
Mom could hit a baseball
G        D
Lee could fly a kite,
     A   Bm      G
Dad knew every constellation in the sky at night
  D                  G     D
And Ann could sing about every song that Elvis ever sung
       A   Bm         G      A
And it wasn't long before it seemed like I knew every one.

G        D
I was walking in your foot prints
A       D   G        D
Counting every step, measuring every move you made,
G       A        G        D    A       Bm A
Every word you said, and I was dancing in your shadow, doing what you do.
   G        D       A        D  G D G
I was learning how to be like me by being just like you.
   G        D
I was watching how you walked and talked.
G        D
How you held you head.
G        D
Every joke that made you laugh.
G       A
Every book you read.
G         D         G        D
And how you always did your best when no one seemed to care,
Em            D
How you did you did your duty,
G        A
How you did your share.

D
Now as I grow older
    G    D            A   Bm
It's so easy to forget all the ones who follow after me
G
I can't imagine yet
  D
Who learn what I remember,
G         D
Who do what I have done,
   A   Bm
Every step I travel now
 G         A
I walk for more than one.

  G        D
I'm walking in your foot prints
A       D   G        D
Counting every step, measuring every move you made,
G       A        G        D    A       Bm A
Every word you said, and I was dancing in your shadow, doing what you do.
   G        D       A        D  G D G D