August 7, 4:15

Intro: Em   D   C (4x)
                        It was 
  Em
another day
                        A perfect 
 D          C
Texas afternoon
                           Em
                        A mother and
 two children play
                             D     
                        The way the
           C
 always do
                        As they 
 Em
raced home from the mailbox
                           D       
                        A mother 
       C
and her son
                        Against a 
 Em
little girl of 6 years old
                        The 
D               C
independant one
                        E   D   C (2
 times)
                             Em
                        The deputies
 went door to door
                                D  
                        Through all
              C
 the neighborhood
                        They said I 
 Em
got some news to tell you folks
                               D   
                        I'm afraid 
             C
it ain't so good
                         Em
                        Somehow 
something happened
                         D         
                        Someone got
   C
 away
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                         Em        
                        Someone got
                       D           
 the answers for what happened here
  C
 today
                        A
                        Oh no, Oh 
no, Oh no, no, no, no

                        G          
                        Tell me it 
      C            G         C
was just a dream - August 7 4:15
                        Em         
                        God closed 
                  C
His eyes and the world got mean
                        G       
                        August 7 
  D       A
4:15
                        Now the 
 Em                             D 
people from the papers and the 
       C
local TV news
                          Em
                        Tried to 
find the reason
                        Cop dogs 
  D                  C
sniffed around for clues
                         Em
                        Someone 
shouted "Hit and Run"
                             D     
                        The coroner
         C
 cried "Foul"
                        Her blue 
  Em
dress was what she wore
                        The day they
  D             C
 laid her body down
                        A
                        Oh no, Oh 
no, Oh no, no, no, no

                        G          
                        Tell me it 
      C            G         C
was just a dream - August 7 4:15
                        Em         
                        God closed 
                  C
His eyes and the world got mean
                        G       
                        August 7 
  D       A
4:15

                        (Solo)

                        I know 
 Em
tonight that there's an angel
                        Up on 
 D                C
Heaven's highest hill
                             Em
                        And no one 
there can hurt you baby
                         D         
                        No one ever
  C
 will
                         Em      
                        Somewhere 
                          D   
someone's conscience is like a 
           C
burning bed
                              Em
                        The flames 
are all around you
                        How you 
 D            C
gonna sleep again
                        A
                        Oh no, Oh 
no, Oh no, no, no, no

                        G          
                        Tell me it 
      C            G         C
was just a dream - August 7 4:15
                        Em         
                        God closed 
                  C
His eyes and the world got mean
                        G       
                        August 7 
  D       A
4:15