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