Intro
C D C G D G
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!, Hallelu.....jah!
[Verse - C]
G
From the canyons of the mind we wander on and stumble blindly
Em
Through the often-tangled maze of starless nights and sunless days
C
While asking for some kind of clue or road to lead us to the truth
D G
But who will answer?
[Verse - C]
G
Side by side two people stand together vowing hand-in-hand
Em
That love's imbedded in their hearts but soon an empty feeling starts
C
To overwhelm their hollow lives and when they seek the hows and whys
D G
Who will answer?
[Verse - Am]
Em
On a strange and distant hill a young man's lying very still
Bm
His arms will never hold his child because a bullet running wild
C
Has struck him down. And now we cry "Dear God, Oh, why, oh, why?"
D G
But who will answer?
[Verse - Am]
Em
High upon a lonely ledge a figure teeters near the edge
Bm
And jeering crowds collect below to egg him on with, "Go, man, go!"
C
But who will ask what led him to his private day of doom
D G
And who will answer?
[Chorus]
C D G Em
If the soul is darkened by a fear it cannot name
C D G Em
If the mind is baffled when the rules don't fit the game
C D C G D G
Who will answer? Who will answer? Who will an.....swer?
C D C G D G
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!, Hallelu.....jah!
--Capo 1st fret / chords in brackets--
[Verse - G# - told]
G (C#)
In the rooms of dark and shades the scent of sandalwood pervades
Em (A#m)
The colored thoughts in muddled heads reclining in the rumpled beds
C (F#)
Of unmade dreams that can't come true and when we ask what we should do
D (G#) G (C#)
Who... Who will answer?
[Verse - A#m]
Em (A#m)
'Neath the spreading mushroom tree the world revolves in apathy
Bm (Fm)
As overhead, a row of specks roars on, drowned out by discotheques
C (F#)
And if a secret button's pressed because one man has been outguessed
D (G#) G (C#)
Who will answer?
[Verse - A#m]
Em (A#m)
Is our hope in walnut shells worn 'round the neck with temple bells
Bm (Fm)
Or deep within some cloistered walls where hooded figures pray in halls?
C (F#)
Or crumbled books on dusty shelves or in our stars, or in ourselves
D (G#) G (C#)
Who will answer?
[Chorus]
C (F#) D (G#) G (C#) Em (A#m)
If the soul is darkened by a fear it cannot name
C (F#) D (G#) G (C#) Em (A#m)
If the mind is baffled when the rules don't fit the game
C (F#) D (G#) C (F#) G (C#) D (G#) G (C#)
Who will answer? Who will answer? Who will an....................swer?
C (F#) D (G#) C (F#) G (C#) D (G#) G (C#)
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!, Hallelu....................jah!