**Capo 2** (or see below for no capo chords) 
 
 
Intro: D  G  C  G (x2) 
 
          D          G 
He had a stroke in '95  
                 D              G                     D  G  C  G 
They thought it best that he reside, in a nursing home 
            D                  G 
The family vowed they'd never leave him 
          D                 G                          D  G 
The last time they came to see him, was three years ago 
              D            G 
He spent his whole life providin' 
            D        G                D  G  C  G 
Now he was down to relyin’, on Medicare 
            D            G 
The nurses took a liking to him 
                 D                 G                    D  G 
They'd get his wheelchair out and push him, on sunny days 
             A                              C 
He couldn't walk, he couldn't speak, seemed so far out of reach 
            G                                A 
But in his mind as far as they knew he could be  
 


[Refrão]
 D   G               D                 G 
Fly fishin', workin' on that firebird engine  
        D         G                     D         G 
Runnin' 99 proof moonshine across that county line  
    D        G              D                  G 
3,2,1 and ignition, off on some space shuttle mission 
        D           G                D           G 
Playin' QB for the Cowboys, gettin' high on the crowd noise 
         A 
And the bright lights 
              C                               A 
Cause deep inside things were rockin' in the mind 
             D       G  D  G 
Of John J. Blanchard  
 
 
     D            G 
One afternoon in June 
         D              G                  D          G  C  G 
A nurse saw his finger move, about had a heart attack 
           D                 G 
She went screamin' down the hall 
             D        G                        D    G 
Hey, it's a miracle ya'll, I think he's comin' back  
     A                                  C 
The doctors all rushed in, said do you know what year this is 
           G                                     A  Asus4 Asus4 
How many fingers am I holding and where've you been.... 
 
and he said 
 
 

[Refrão]
 D   G               D                 G 
Fly fishin', workin' on that firebird engine  
        D         G                     D         G 
Runnin' 99 proof moonshine across that county line  
    D        G              D                  G 
3,2,1 and ignition, off on some space shuttle mission 
        D           G                D           G 
Playin' QB for the Cowboys, gettin' high on the crowd noise 
         A 
And the bright lights 
               C                               A 
Yeah all this time things were rockin' in the mind 
             D        
Of John J. Blanchard  
 
 
Instrumental: G  D  G  D  G  D  G 
 
          D          G 
He had a stroke in '95  
                 D              G                       D  G  Bb   D 
They thought it best that he reside, in a nursing home