The Housefire Chords by Turnpike Troubadours

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_ [C] I remember [G] smelling smoke, [D] I woke up [Em] I was choking,.
[C] Lori [G] grabbed the baby [D] and we made it safe outside.
[C] She never [G] missed a note, [Dm] took a [Em] breath and [D] cleared her [C] throat.
and wrapped him [G] in a car hard [D] coat she found out [G] in my ride.
[Em] _ [D] _ [C] Next thing [G] I remember, [D] I was barefoot [Em] in December.
[C] when I [G] hit the door [D] again and it really came alive.
[C] That was [G] all she wrote, [D] in a [Em] thirty [D] second [C] note.
I got out [G] with a photograph [D] and my old [G] auto-fi.
_ _ [C] Lord [G] knows that I've been [D] blessed, I can [G] stand up to the [C] test,.
I can [G] live on so much [D] less, this much [Em] I've been [D] [C] learning.
Feel a [G] pounding in my [D] chest, I'm [G] fearful I'll confess,.
[C] how am [G] I to get my [D] rest, the house I [G] built is burning.
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_ _ [C] Well Lori [G] called the [D] volunteers, siren [G] music to my [C] ears,.
first [G] I've been glad to [D] hear the flashing red and blue.
[C] Can't [G] repay the time [D] they gave, there [Em] was nothing [D] left to [C] save,.
shake [G] all of their hands and [D] wave, they did [G] all they could do.
_ _ [C] Lord [G] knows that I've been [D] blessed, I [G] can stand up to the [C] test,.
I [G] can live on so much [D] less, this [Em] much I've been [D] [C] learning.
[G] Forgive my [D] cowardice, [G] I'm fearful I'll [C] confess,.
how [G] am I to get my [D] rest, the house [G] I built is burning.
[Em] _ [F] We snuck [C] away two nights [Am] ago, rode [G] around the logging [F] roads,.
we've been [C] stuck in a [G] motorhome about to fall [Em] apart.
[F] We [C] finally made it [Am] go, got [G] dealt a heavy [F] blow,.
she said I [C] bet you make it, [G] it's a long way [C] from your heart.
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[C] Well I [G] know that I've been [D] blessed, I can [G] make more out of [C] less,.
I can [G] get my rest in [D] any [Em] bed that I lay [D] down [C] in.
Got [G] nothing holding [D] me, got a [G] couple memories,.
[C] a picture [G] of the three of [D] us and my [G] grandfather's crown.
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