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[Verse 1]
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It was seven months since 9/11
        Em                    Am
And the work was almost done

It was seven months since 9/11
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And the work had just begun
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Ground Zero lit the evening sky
       Em
Like a dagger through the heart
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The searchlights drove through heaven's gates
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And blew them far apart


[Verse 2]
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A few miles north on the Hudson River
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We had gathered for a sort of wake

Nobody felt like celebrating
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But the Firemen needed a break
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They'd been to so many funerals
         Em
And seen so many terrible sights
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Been to Ground Zero from dawn to dusk
    G                            C
And round the clock some nights


[Chorus]
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From Kingdom come
                  C
To hell and gone
                  F    Am
To somewhere far away
      G               F         Em
Where murder does not break the heart
     D            Am  Em  Am  G
On a sunny day


[Verse 3]
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I was all dressed up like the rest of the gang
       Em                    Am
At the Roxy Club that night

The men and women in uniform
G                            F
Tried hard to keep it light

Kevin Bacon played and sang
    Em                    F
And folks began to smile
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Chris Botti played his silver horn

With rhythm and with style


[Verse 4]
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I sang the song 'Amazing Grace'
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And people hugged and cried

Ronan Tynan sang 'Danny Boy'
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And not an eye was dry

Steve Buscemi spoke of life
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At Engine 55
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Of how those firemen stayed the course
    G                    C
And saved so many lives


[Chorus]
                   F
From Kingdom come
                  C
To hell and gone
                  F    Am
To somewhere far away
      G               F         Em
Where murder does not break the heart
     D
On a sunny day


[Interlude]
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[Verse 5]
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A burly man with a handsome face
      Em                       Am
Stuck out his hand and smiled
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"Say, meet my wife, we like your songs
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We've been with you mile for mile"

Though he had a rugged face
  Em
I thought I saw the hurt
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Then he pointed to a spot
          G
Above the collar of his shirt


[Verse 6]
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"Ah, just look there on the back of my neck
          Em
There's a tattoo, can you see?
Am
Just right there", I got up close
            G           F
And saw the number 343

The number of those heroes
         Em                      F
Who were lost on that black day

The number of those firemen
       G                     C
Ground Zero was their grave


[Chorus]
                   F
From Kingdom come
                  C
To hell and gone
                  F    Am
To somewhere far away
      G               F         Em
Where murder does not break the heart
     D            Am  Em  Am  G
On a sunny day


[Verse 7]
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Those firemen loaded up with gear
        Em                        Am
Climbed to their deaths that day

Along with all the other hundreds
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Blasted on their way
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Police and EMS and those
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On whom death took its toll
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And more whose dreams will never dawn
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More than three thousand souls


[Verse 8]
                             Em
I left the party after that
                          Am
I couldn't stay my tears

For all our gifts for all our hopes
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For all our nameless fears

For all our heroes, men and women
Em
Lost on that black day
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The firemen with their courage
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In their hearts so strong and brave
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Who made sure in their final hour
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There were twenty thousand saved


[Bridge]
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They've gone to where
                    C
There are no tears
                   F    Am
And every heart is gay
              G     F      Em
They will not be forgotten
     D          C
On a sunny day


[Chorus]
                   F
From Kingdom come
                  C
To hell and gone
                  F    Am
To somewhere far away
      G               F         Em
Where murder does not break the heart
     D           Am
On a sunny day
      G              F          Em   D
Where we can live in peace all again