Hank Williams Jr. – Forged By Fire (Guitar)

       C
It was hard for him to get out of bed

         Gm
When the phone rang sleepy eyed she said

           F
"Charlie's drunk again

                          C
Why don't you just let it ring?"

            C
Through the years he'd always picked it up

        Gm
For the guy who came back and saved his butt

          F
What they have in common is a brotherhood

   G
So few could understand

          C         F
They were forged by fire

Bb
Hard times you get beyond

F             G
Give you an unbreakable bond

C         F
Forged by fire

        Bb            F
When you pray to God, beat the odds

Dm                          G
And you walk through hell together

               C         F    Eb D C
You're forever forged by fire

          C
The young GI said from his VA bed

         Gm
"Why you wanna hang out with us broken men

      F
While you could be spending your time

                     C
With your family and friends."

   C
He told him "son, you're family too

  Gm
I see myself when I look at you

     F
In a place and time you don't forget

   G
So even though we've just met"

      C         F
We're forged by fire

Bb
Hard times you get beyond

F             G
Give you an unbreakable bond

C         F
Forged by fire

        Bb            F
When you pray to God, beat the odds

Dm                          G
And you walk through hell together

               C         F    Bb  F  Eb  D C
You're forever forged (solo)

         C
He said "goodbye GI, see you next week"

   Gm
He rolls himself out to the street

       F
Pretty hard for him to get up in that van

    C
And throw the wheelchair in the back

C
He was headed home ready to unwind

     Gm
When Charlie called "can you help me one more time?"

        F
He said "Chuck, I'll be there on the double

      G
For a brother, it's no trouble"

            C         F
When you're forged by fire

Bb
Hard times you get beyond

F           G
Iraq, Korea or Khe Sanh

C         F
Forged by fire

     Bb          F
From Iwo Jima to Afghanistan

      Eb                         D
We're talking about the American fighting man

C         F    Bb  F  G
Forged by fire

C         F    Bb  F  G
Forged by fire.