George Strait, The Fireman (1985)
Key: :[C] (w: Mack Vickery, Wayne Kemp) (BPM: 169)
INTRO: [C] [G] [C] [C]
CHORUS:
Well they call me the
[C] fireman,
[F] that's my
[C] name
Making my
[C] rounds all over
[C] town, putting out old
[G] flames
Well,
[C] everybody like to have a
[C] what I got
I can
[F] cool 'em down when they're
[F] smouldering hot
I'm the
[C] fireman,
[G] that's my
[C] name
VERSE 1:
Last
[C] night they had a bad one, a
[G] mile or two down the
[C] road
Well, my
[C] buddy walked out, and
[C] left his woman burning out of con-
[G]-trol
Well, I was
[C] down there in about a
[C] hour or so
With a
[F] little mouth to mouth she was
[F] ready to go
I'm the
[C] fireman,
[G] that's my
[C] name
REPEAT CHORUS:
BREAK: [over CHORUS]
VERSE 2:
I got a
[C] fire engine red
[G] T-bird automo
[C] bile
In a
[C] minute or less I can be dressed fit to
[G] kill
I work
[C] twenty-four on and
[C] twenty-four off
When they
[F] get too hot they just give me a call
I'm the
[C] fireman,
[G] that's my
[C] name
REPEAT CHORUS:
OUTRO:
They call me the
[F] fireman,
[G] that's my
[C] name
