Tom: Em

Intro: Em - D - C (4 X) 

         Em
It was another day
           D          C
A perfect Texas afternoon
   Em         
A mother and two children play
     D                C
The way the always do
         Em
As they raced home from the mailbox
   D              C
A mother and her son
           Em               
Against a little girl of 6 years old
    D               C
The independant one
E - D - C (2 times)

     Em
The deputies went door to door
        D                C
Through all the neighborhood
             Em
They said I got some news to tell you folks
       D                C
I'm afraid it ain't so good
 Em
Somehow something happened
 D            C
Someone got away
 Em                               D             C
Someone got the answers for what happened here today
A
Oh no, Oh no, Oh no, no, no, no


G                C            G         C
Tell me it was just a dream - August 7 4:15
Em                           C
God closed His eyes and the world got mean
G         D       A
August 7 4:15
         Em                             D        C
Now the people from the papers and the local TV news
  Em         
Tried to find the reason
           D                  C   
Cop dogs sniffed around for clues
 Em
Someone shouted "Hit and Run"
     D              C
The coroner cried "Foul"
           Em
Her blue dress was what she wore
              D             C
The day they laid her body down
A
Oh no, Oh no, Oh no, no, no, no


G                C            G         C
Tell me it was just a dream - August 7 4:15
Em                           C
God closed His eyes and the world got mean
G         D       A
August 7 4:15

(Solo)
        Em
I know tonight that there's an angel
       D                C
Up on Heaven's highest hill
     Em
And no one there can hurt you baby
 D           C
No one ever will
 Em                                D              C
Somewhere someone's conscience is like a burning bed
      Em
The flames are all around you
         D            C
How you gonna sleep again
A
Oh no, Oh no, Oh no, no, no, no


G                C            G         C
Tell me it was just a dream - August 7 4:15
Em                           C
God closed His eyes and the world got mean
G         D       A
August 7 4:15