WHERE WERE YOU HIDING WHEN THE STORM BROKE' - THE ALARM Written by Eddie Macdonald and Mike Peters As performed by THE ALARM on the album DECLARATION www.thealarm.com Tuning: 1/2 step down Intro (twice) E ----------------------------------------| B -3/15-----12P10-------------------------| G ------------------11-9---7-----7--9--7--| D -----------------------------9----------| A ----------------------------------------| E ----------------------------------------| D/// Em/// Born into a war and peace D/// G D G Forced to choose between a right and wrong D/// Em/// Each man kills a thing he loves D/// G D G For better or for worse Em / / / D Face to face with a ragged truth

^GMixed up and torn in two^A ^EmAnd turned your back ^Don the only thing That could ^Gsave you from yourself^A

D/// WHERE WERE YOU HIDING G/// WHEN THE STORM BROKE D/// G D G WHEN THE RAIN BEGAN TO FALL Em / / / D WHEN THE THUNDER AND THE LIGHTNING STRUCK G A D C

^DAND THE RAIN AND THE FOUR WINDS DID HOWL D/// Em/// After all time building up D/// Comes inevitable knocking down

^G(O^DNE^G BY ONE) D/// Em/// Come receivers, liars, gamblers D/// Pick pocket entourage

^G(T^DWO^G BY TWO) Em / / / D Selling out is a cardinal sin ^GSinning with a safety net^A (THREE BY THREE) ^EmThey say that all things ^Dcome in threes ^GHere comes the third degree^A

D (let ring) All cards are marked And all fates will collide > D/// The truth is the truth Or the truth is surely a lie Bm/// A/// Get back in your shelter G D G A/ / // / If you can't come down off the fence Bm/// A/// And one more question

Where were ^Gyo^Du'^G G / / / Where were you'

^AWHERE WERE YOU ^DHIDING WHEN THE ^GSTORM BROKE WHEN THE ^DRAIN BEGAN TO FALL ^GWHERE WERE YOU HI^DDING^Em

FOUR. ^DWINDS. ^GHO^DWL^G. D///

Alarm - Where were you hiding when the storm broke