Independence Day - Martina McBride Intro: [G] [C] [G] [C] [Verse 1] Well she seemed [G] all right by dawn's [C] early light Though she [G] looked a little worried and weak [C] She [G] tried to pretend he wasn't [C] drinkin' [G] again But [D] Daddy'd left the proof on her cheek [C] [G] I was only eight years old [C] that summer And I [G] always seemed to be in the way [C] So I [Em] took myself down to the fair [C] in [G] town On [D] Independence Day [G] [C] [G] [C] [Verse 2] Well, word [G] gets around in a [C] small, small town They [G] said he was a dangerous man [C] But [G] Mama was proud and she [C] stood her [G] ground but She [D] knew she was on the losing end [C] [G] Some folks whispered, [C] some folks talked But every[G]body looked the other way [C] And when [Em] time ran out, there was no [C] one [G] about [D] On Independence Day [G] |[Chorus] |[NC] Let freedom [D] ring, let the white dove [Em] sing |Let the [C] whole world know that to[G]day is a day of [D] reckoning |Let the weak be [Em] strong, let the right be [C] wrong |[C] Roll that stone [G] away, let the guilty [D] pay |It's Independence [G] Day [C] [G] [C] [Verse 3] Well, she lit [G] up the sky that Fourth [C] of July By the [G] time that the firemen come [C] They just [G] put out the flames and they [C] took down some [G] names And [D] sent me to the county home [C] Now [G] I ain't saying it's right [C] or it's wrong But [G] maybe it's the only way [C] [Em] Talk about your [C] rev-o-[G]lu-tion It's [D] Independence Day [G] |[Chorus] |[NC] Let freedom ring, [D] let the white dove [Em]sing |Let the whole [C] world know that today [G] is a day of [D] reckoning |Let the weak be [Em] strong, let the right be wrong [C] |Roll that stone away, [G] let the guilty pay [D] |It's Independence Day, [G] [C] roll that stone away [G] |[C] It's Independence Day [G] [C] [G]