John Mccutcheon – Footprints chords

Intro: D G D 

G           D     On the day that school let out 
   G          DMy sister Anne and me
         A       Bm  Walked the fields behind our house 
   GTo find our Christmas tree 
D           She was six years older 
G              DSo she led the way 
               A      Bm                 G       A         D   G D GAs we walked out to find the tree we'd have on Christmas day. 
    D                               G                    DNow weeks of late November rain had brought the creek to flood 

             A     BmAs we walked out across the field 
    GOur boots sunk in the mud 
  D                                      G             DI soon realized that I could step inside her prints so grand
         A           Bm            G                 AUntil it seemed like I was walking across the driest land 




      G                DI was walking in your foot prints 
A              D     G               DCounting every step, measuring every move you made, 
G              A               G               D       A              Bm AEvery word you said, and I was dancing in your shadow, doing what you do. 
      G               D             A               D   G D GI was learning how to be like me by being just like you. 

DMom could hit a baseball 
G               DLee could fly a kite,
         A     Bm            G      Dad knew every constellation in the sky at night 
    D                                    G          DAnd Ann could sing about every song that Elvis ever sung
              A      Bm                  G            AAnd it wasn't long before it seemed like I knew every one. 

G                DI was walking in your foot prints 
A              D     G               DCounting every step, measuring every move you made, 
G              A               G               D       A              Bm AEvery word you said, and I was dancing in your shadow, doing what you do. 
      G               D             A               D   G D GI was learning how to be like me by being just like you. 
      G                D       I was watching how you walked and talked. 
G                DHow you held you head.
G               D Every joke that made you laugh. 
G              AEvery book you read. 
G                  D                  G                DAnd how you always did your best when no one seemed to care,
Em                       DHow you did you did your duty, 
G                AHow you did your share. 

D Now as I grow older 
        G       D                       A      BmIt's so easy to forget all the ones who follow after me 
GI can't imagine yet
    D      Who learn what I remember, 
G                  DWho do what I have done,
      A      Bm Every step I travel now 
  G                  AI walk for more than one. 

    G               DI'm walking in your foot prints 
A              D     G               DCounting every step, measuring every move you made, 
G              A               G               D       A              Bm AEvery word you said, and I was dancing in your shadow, doing what you do. 
      G               D             A               D   G D G D I was learning how to be like me by being just like you.