Bon Jovi – August 7, 4:15
128 bpm 4/4 8th Note Strumming
[Destination Anywhere 1997]
Intro
Em Em Em Em
Em D. C. Em D. C.
Aaa-aaa-aaa-aaa… Aaa-aaa-aaa-aaa…
Em D. C. Em D. C.
Aaa-aaa-aaa-aaa… Aaa-aaa-aaa-aaa…
Verse 1
Em
It was another day…
D. C.
A perfect Texas afternoon…
Em
A mother and two children play the
D. C.
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 six years old
D. C.
the independent one…
Interlude
Em D. C. Em D. C.
Aaa-aaa-aaa-aaa… Aaa-aaa-aaa-aaa…
Verse 2
Em
The deputies went door to door through
D. C.
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
Someone got the answers for what
D. C.
happened here today…
Pre Chorus
A A A A
Oh no… Oh no… Oh no… no… no… no-ooo-ooo…
Chorus
G C
Tell me it was just a dream…
G C
August seven four fifteen…
Em C
God closed his eyes… and the world got mean…
G D
August seven four-rrr
A A A A
fifteen…
Interlude
Em D. C. Em D. C.
Aaa-aaa-aaa-aaa… Aaa-aaa-aaa-aaa…
Verse 3
Em
Now the people from the papers…
D. C.
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
Blue dress was what she wore the
D. C.
day they laid her body down…
Pre Chorus
A A A A
Oh no… Oh no… Oh no… no… no… no-ooo-ooo…
Chorus
G C
Tell me it was just a dream…
G C
August seven four fifteen…
Em C
God closed his eyes… and the world got mean…
G D
August seven four-rrr
A A A A
fifteen-nnn-nnn…
Solo
Em D. C. Em D. C.
Em D. C. Em D. C.
Em Em Em Em
Verse 4
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
Somewhere someone's conscience…
D. C.
is like a burning bed…
Em
The flames are all around you…
D. C.
How you gonna sleep again…
Pre Chorus
A A A A
Oh no… Oh no… Oh no… no… no… no-ooo-ooo…
Refrain
G C
Tell me it was just a dream…
G C
August seven four fifteen…
Em C
God closed his eyes… and the world got mean…
G D
August seven four-rrr
G C
fifteen… Tell me it was just a dream…
G C
August seven four fifteen…
Em C
God closed his eyes… and the world got mean…
G D
August seven four-rrr
Outro
Em F#m Am C
fifteen-nnn… Four fifteen-nnn…
Em F#m Am C
Four fifteen-nnn… Four fifteen-nnn…
Em F#m Am C
Four fifteen-nnn… Four fifteen-nnn…
Em F#m Am C
Four fifteen-nnn… Four fifteen-nnn…
Em F#m Am C
Four fifteen-nnn… Four fifteen-nnn…
Em F#m Am C
Four fifteen-nnn… Four fifteen-nnn…
Em F#m Am C
Four fifteen-nnn… Four fifteen-nnn…
Em F#m Am C
Four fifteen-nnn… Four fifteen-nnn…
C C C * C