V F D

A              G          A     
Me and my friend and this boy 
    G
named Eddie
       A          G      A
We was bored one afternoon
       A              G
We was sitting in the hay
         A         G
It was a hot Texas day
           A            G         
And we was playing with matches 
      A
like some kids do


         A          G             
We would throw our matches into 
    A         G
the high dry grass
 A          G      A
Close our eyes and count to ten
       A              G
And then race the burning field
       A              G
Doing the toe and heel
          A                     G 
We’d die laughing and do it all 
     A
over again


[CHORUS]

(I'm singin')
  A                           G   
Where there’s smoke there’s sure 
         A
to be a fire
G                       A
Ready steady go it was down to the 
wire
        G             A
We was racing inevitability
        G                      A
We was making trouble for the V F D 
(That's the Volunteer Fire 
Department, now)


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[BRIDGE 1]

A                              
Well, I’m sure that you know how 
         G
this story goes
A              G          A
Our little fire ran out of control
 G               A
Somebody called for the V F D
   G               A
It was not me, it weren’t me, Jack


[VERSE]

      A                 G
They drive from fifteen miles away
          A                G
So by the time they arrived I’m 
sorry to say
A              G
The field was black
A              G
The sky was grey
A
And you know those barns they use to
 store the hay in? - Uh-huh


[VERSE]

        A              G
The volunteers all shook their heads
 A                   G
And then I recalled one of them said
 A              G
This fire was no accident
        G                    A
No, this fire started with a match


[BRIDGE 2]

A                  G              
I slowly backed into the crowd - 
A              G
Me and Eddie we looked at each other
    A                G
We never mentioned it to this day
          A                        
But my friend, she went and told 
  A                   G
her mother (Aww, Jesus! - Can you 
believe that?)
A
She said--


[CHORUS OUTRO]

  A                           G   
Where there’s smoke there’s sure 
         A
to be a fire
G                       A
Ready steady go it was down to the 
wire
        G             A
We was racing inevitability
        G                      A
We was making trouble for the V F D
A                        G
We was raising insurance premiums, 
ma
        A                G
We was spreading fear of arson
        A                G
We was spreading fear of arson
               A
All around -- Kelsey