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