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
