We Dared the Lightning
written by Vanessa Hill
tabbed 8/17/05
NOTE: Some lyrical help much appreciated (especially the bridge)


INTRO: D  G  Cadd9  (2x)

D
Mama said slow down, but I was goin' to fast to listen
D
Said what goes 'round comes around, but only time could get my attention
          G                              D 
But as I look back now over advice well given
              G                        A
I can't help wonderin' how it is that I'm still livin'


CHORUS:
            G                          D
I had some wild friends, we did some crazy things
             A                    G         D
We kept some long late hours, we dared the lightnin'
           G                     D
We took it to the edge, runnin' full speed ahead
             A                       G        D
We laid our lives on the line, we dared the lightnin'


D  G  Cadd9


It really blows my mind, I don't know how that I survived
Still I go back from time to time, visit others by their graveside
Wish mama had lived to see now I have kids of my own
She'd be laughin' at me but mama'd never cast a stone


CHORUS


BRIDGE:
A                                            G                      D
It was like playin' Russian roulette, always braggin' and bluffin'
A                                 G                     A
Racin' 'round in our gin bullets, we never stopped at nothin'


SOLO


CHORUS 

             A                         G        D
We laid our lives on the line, we dared the lightnin'
D                        D                           D  G  Cadd9  D
We dared the lightnin', we dared the lightnin'


D                        G Cadd9  D  
We dared the lightnin'


(repeat and fade)