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