THICKER THAN BLOOD by GARTH BROOKS
To be found on the CD : Scarecrow
Written By Jenny Yates and Garth Brooks
Transcription by BahramK@gmx.de
Comments welcome
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DD/F#GA
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Verse 1 : She was born in Kansas City, raised in Arkansas
GDA
Fell in love with an Ex-Marine
DBm
She already had three babies; he had one of his own
EmD/F# A ( A4A )
They came together for another and me
GA
Our family never shared the same last name
GA
But our family was a family the same, and they say
DBm
Refrain : Blood is thicker than water
EmAD ( D4D )
Oh, but love is thicker than blood
DBm
Verse 2 : Wreck out on the highway, rain falling down
GDA
Lord, he must have fell asleep at the wheel
DBm
There's a number of people just standing around
EmD/F# A ( A4A )
Lord I can't condemn the fear that they feel
BmBm/AG
For that river of red could be the death of me
EmD/F#GA
God, give me strength and keep reminding me that
DBm
Refrain : Blood is thicker than water
EmAD
Oh, but love is thicker than blood
GD
Bridge : And if blood is thicker than water
CD
Well then what are we fighthing for
GF#m
We're all sons and daughters
GGmaj7/EA
Of something that means so much more
DBm
Verse 3 : I see it on my TV but I can't understand
GDA
Lord it's one big contradiction to me
DBm
How in God's name we love thy neighbor with fists in our hands
EmD/F#A
And kill each other when we just don't agree
GA
Why can't we see the walls we can't see through
GA
And see what God's been telling me and you, and that is
DBm
Refrain : Blood is thicker than water
Em7A ( D )
Oh, but love, love is thicker than blood
Fill : | D - D/F# - | G - A - | D - D/F# - | G - - - |
DBm
Outro : She was born in Kansas City, raised in Arkansas
Gmaj7D
Fell in love with an Ex-Marine