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