The Housefire

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I remember smelling smoke
D               Em
I woke up I was choking
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Lorrie grabbed the baby and we made it safe outside
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She never missed a note
D                 Em
Took a breath and cleared her throat
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And wrapped him in a Carhartt coat she found out in my ride

[Verse 2]
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     Next thing I remember
D                 Em
I was barefoot in December
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When I hit the door again it really came alive
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That was all she wrote in a 30 second note
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I got out with a photograph and my old auto 5

[Chorus]
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Lord knows that I've been blessed
D              G
I can stand up to the test
C             G
I can live on so much less
D                   Em  D
This much I've been learning
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Feel a pounding in my chest
D            G
I'm fearful I'll confess
C           G
How am I to get my rest?
D                    G
The house I built is burning

[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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Well Lorrie called the volunteers
D           Em
Siren music to my ears
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First I've been glad to hear the flashing red and blue
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Can't repay the time they gave
D                 Em
There was nothing left to save
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Shake all of their hands and waved
D                       G
They did all they could do

[Chorus]
C               G
Lord knows that I've been blessed
D              G
I can stand up to the test
C             G
I can live on so much less
D                   Em  D
This much I've been learning
C          G
Forgive my cowardice
D            G
I'm fearful I'll confess
C           G
How am I to get my rest?
D                    G
The house I built is burning

[Bridge]
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We snuck away two nights ago
Am              G
Rode around the logging roads
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We been stuck in a motor home about to fall apart
F          C
We finally made a go
Am          G
Got dealt a heavy blow
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She said I'll bet you make it, it's a long way from your heart

[Chorus]
Em D C                G
     Well I know that I've been blessed
D               G
I can make more out of less
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I can get my rest in any bed that I lay down in
C           G
Got nothing holding me
D            G
Got a couple memories
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A picture of the three of us
D                    G
And my grandfather's Browning

[Outro]
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