Tonart: C minor
Verse 1
Am
We were out on the highway,
up on the ridge
C
Down past the BP, under the bridge
G
Out of the darkness, into the light
on a hot March night.
Am
Kick in a Camry, both on the run
Verse 2
one's got a gun
G
Sometimes it seems we're
just parked in time
D
Waiting for the call to the thin
They were way too fast,
so we slowed down
C
They hit a family going to town
G
Now I'm standing on the
road with a kid in my arms.
D
A tiny little girl that I pulled
Verse 3
from the car
Am
Someone spoke, I just didn't hear
Someone else tried, I just wasn't there
Am
D
God knows where.
Am
F
And the radio was alive that night
Red and blues flashing
on the hot March night
C
This is rough, but your heart says stay
G
Am
I made a promise on graduation day.
Verse 4
Am
Dad was a coppa on general patrol
C
Thirty- five years, then he got too old
He said,
G
D
'You're never quite as tough as people think you are. You'll be living on your nerves,
Verse 5
Am
There's a shadow in the corner,
Shadow with a gun
C
Standing in the doorway
There's a broken- hearted mum
In the corner of your mind
D
When you're waiting for the call
to the thin blue line.
Am
Verse 6
Am
He gave me a warrant card,
G
Turned back smartly on my heel
D
And I marched back to join the group
Am
Mum and Dad were there in the stands,
Em
We cheered and threw our caps
G
That's how everybody starts at the job
Verse 7
nights like this on the side of the road
G
No one ever told me it would
Am
F
C
On Graduation Day
G
D
F
C
G
Am
Rough, tough, bullet proof, ten foot tall
C
Serve and protect, answer the call
G
Out on afternoon shift,
eating in the car
Verse 8
crumbs on the floor
Am
Out of the safety, into the fray
when they're running away
Am
but your head says stay.
Sometimes I think it's just
a matter of time
C
Till my number comes up
Verse 9
on the thin blue line.
G
Fear is just a phantom in
Am
the corner of my mind
F
And the radio was alive that night
Red and blues flashing
on a hot March night
C
This is rough but your heart says stay
G
Am
But I made a promise on graduation day
G
I wouldn't have it any other way
D
Am
On graduation day.
G
I wouldn't have it any other way
D
Am
I made a promise
G
I wouldn't have it any other way
D
Am
G
D
Am
On graduation
Outro 1
day.
G
D
Am
C
G
D
Am
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