Intro: G Em7 C9
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There's a storm outside
G
And the gap between crack and thunder
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Crack and thunder, is closing in
G G
Is closing in
Verse 1:
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The rain floods gutters
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... And makes a great sound on concrete
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... On a flat roof, there's a boy
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Leaning against the wall of rain
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Aerial held high... calling
C9 G
'Come on thunder! Come on thunder!'
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..Sometimes... when I look deep in your
C9 G
Eyes I swear I can see your so-o-oul
G G Em7
..Sometimes... when I look deep in your
C9 G
Eyes I swear I can see your soul
Verse 2:
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...It's a monsoon and the
Em7
Rain lifts lids off cars
C9
Spinning buses like toys
G
Stripping them to chrome
Across the bay, the waves are
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Turning into something else
C9
Picking up fishing boats and
G
Spewing them on the shore
Verse 3:
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The boy is hit
Em7
Lit up against the sky
C9
Like a sign, like a neon sign
G
And he crumples, drops into the
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Gutter.. cuts strange... legs twitching
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...The flood swells his clothes
Em7 C9 G
...Delivers him on ... delivers him on
G Em7
..Sometimes... when I look deep in your
C9 G
Eyes I swear I can see your so-o-oul
G Em7
..Sometimes... when I look deep in your
C9 G
Eyes I swear I can see your soul
Solo: G Em7 C9 G
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Verse 4:
G Em7
There's four new colors in the rain-bow
C9 G
An old man's taking Polaroids
G
... But all he captures is endless rain
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...Endless rain... endless rain
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...He says 'listen,' takes my head
Em7
Puts my ear to his... and
C9 G
I swear I can hear the sea