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