Don McLean - Chain lightning
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Don Mclean - Chain Lightning
tabbed by mcnrymikin - 18/10/2006
mcnrymikin@yahoo.co.uk
Intro:
Em
Verse 1:
EmSometimes when I'm thinkin' that Clove's not aGround
My Amheart beginsEm sinkin', I Amdon't hear a B7sound
And the Emworld is in blackness, no Clight shines on Gme
I Amsuffer no Emblindness, no Amone can I B7see
Then a Emflash from the heavens like a Cloud jagged Gwire
And the Amsilence is Embroken, and the B7night is on Emfire.
Chorus:
It's like Emchain lightning, this Clove that I Gfeel.
Who Amknow's where it Emstrikes or Amwhen it will B7hit,
How Amlong it will Emlast, or B7when............ it will Emquit.
Chords repeated for rest of song:
Verse 2:
In the forest I'm burning, struck down by the blast
The fever is churning, and the heat rises fast.
and those standing nearest can show their concern
but I swear if they touch me that they too will burn.
They fear for their lives for death will soon dwell
in the warmth of your love is the fire of hell.
(Chorus)
Verse 3:
And soon the sparks scatter and wind whips the flame
and love will soon shatter what it cannot tame
and the cycle continues, from life into dust
for I am now in you with the fire of lust.
And I hear the explosion, of thunder and rain,
the water is falling, the ashes remain.
(Chorus)
Verse 4:
The Indian's tell us that the Phoenix can rise
from the smoldering ashes that once were my eyes
and watch beautiful colours from black and from grey
be formed into wings and take me away
where evil is darkness and goodness is light
and love is the lightning that cuts through the night
and strikes only once in a dark place in time
and forms a gold stairway that all of us climb.