TOM: E5

Intro: E5   D5   C5 (4x) 

                                 E5
                        It was another day
                                   D5          C5
                        A perfect Texas afternoon
                           E5         
                        A mother and two children play
                             D5                C5
                        The way the always do
                                 E5
                        As they raced home from the mailbox
                           D5              C5
                        A mother and her son
                                   E5               
                        Against a little girl of 6 years old
                            D5               C5
                        The independant one
                        E5   D5   C5 (2 times)

                             E5
                        The deputies went door to door
                                D5                C5
                        Through all the neighborhood
                                     E5
                        They said I got some news to tell you folks
                               D5                C5
                        I'm afraid it ain't so good
                         E5
                        Somehow something happened
                         D5            C5
                        Someone got away
                         E5                               D5             C5
                        Someone got the answers for what happened here today
                        A5
                        Oh no, Oh no, Oh no, no, no, no


                        G5                C5            G5         C5
                        Tell me it was just a dream - August 7 4:15
                        E5                           C5
                        God closed His eyes and the world got mean
                        G5         D5       A5
                        August 7 4:15
                                 E5                             D5        C5
                        Now the people from the papers and the local TV news
                          E5         
                        Tried to find the reason
                                   D5                  C5   
                        Cop dogs sniffed around for clues
                         E5
                        Someone shouted "Hit and Run"
                             D5              C5
                        The coroner cried "Foul"
                                   E5
                        Her blue dress was what she wore
                                      D5             C5
                        The day they laid her body down
                        A5
                        Oh no, Oh no, Oh no, no, no, no


                        G5                C5            G5         C5
                        Tell me it was just a dream - August 7 4:15
                        E5                           C5
                        God closed His eyes and the world got mean
                        G5         D5       A5
                        August 7 4:15

                        (Solo)


                                E5
                        I know tonight that there's an angel
                               D5                C5
                        Up on Heaven's highest hill
                             E5
                        And no one there can hurt you baby
                         D5           C5
                        No one ever will
                         E5                                D5              C5
                        Somewhere someone's conscience is like a burning bed
                              E5
                        The flames are all around you
                                 D5            C5
                        How you gonna sleep again
                        A5
                        Oh no, Oh no, Oh no, no, no, no


                        G5                C5            G5         C5
                        Tell me it was just a dream - August 7 4:15
                        E5                           C5
                        God closed His eyes and the world got mean
                        G5         D5       A5
                        August 7 4:15