Verse
C#m
Listen to me, just hear me out, if I could have your attention
F#m A B C#m
Just quieten down for a voice in the crowd (in the crowd)
C#m
I get so confused and I don't understand
C#m
I know you feel the same way you've always wanted to say
F#m
But you don't get the chance
A B C#m
Just a voice in the crowd (in the crowd)
A
I don't know the score anymore
C#m
It's not clear anymore
A
I can't tell right from wrong anymore
C#m
I just don't understand
[Verse]
C#m
I was just sitting here thinking of exchanging a new world for old
C#m
Like changing channels on the tv, or the dirt we stand in to gold
C#m
When I was young my father told me just bad guys die
C#m
At the time just a little white lie
F#m
It was one of the first but it hurt me the most
A
And the truth stung like tears in my eyes
A7/G
That even the good guys must die
F#m
There's no reasoning no crimes and I never knew why
Fsus2
Even now it still makes me cry
[Chorus]
E B/E A/E B E B/E A/E
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
B A
Just a little helping hand, just a little understanding
Bsus4 B Bsus4 B Bsus4 B E
Just some answers to the questions that surround me now
B/E A/E B E B/E A/E
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
B A
Just a little guiding light to tell wrong from right
Bsus4 B Bsus4 B Bsus4 B
Just some answers to the questions that I'm asking you
A E/G# F#m C#m
I keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
A E/G# F#m C#m
Where nothing here is ever what it seems
A E/G# F#m C#m
You stand so close but you never understand it
A B/A A B/A C#m
For all that we see is not all that it seems, am I blind?
[Verse]
C#m
And you sit there and talk revolution
C#m
But can you tell me just who's in command?
F#m
When you tell me the forces we're fighting
A
Then I'll join you and gladly make plans
C#m
But for now just our t-shirts cry freedom
C#m
And our voices are gagged by our greed
F#m
Our minds are harnessed by knowledge
A
By the hill and the will to succeed
A7/G
And if that's not what you believe
F#m
Would you just let me know I'm not standing alone
Fsus2
That I'm not just a voice in the crowd
[Chorus]
E B/E A/E B E B/E A/E
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
B A
Just a little helping hand, just a little understanding
Bsus4 B Bsus4 B Bsus4 B E
Just some answers to the questions that surround me now
B/E A/E B E B/E A/E
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
B A
Just a little guiding light to tell wrong from right
Bsus4 B Bsus4 B Bsus4 B
Just some answers to the questions that I'm asking you
A E/G# F#m C#m
I keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
A E/G# F#m C#m
Where nothing here is ever what it seems
A E/G# F#m C#m
You're reaching out, you're so close you can touch it
A B/A A B/A
But it all disappears when it's always so near
A B/A A B/A
But one day we will find that we stand in the light
[Chorus]
B A E/G# F#m C#m
Until then I'll keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
A E/G# F#m C#m
Nothing here is ever what it seems
A E/G# F#m C#m A
I'm scared to shout in case I draw attention from the powers
B/A A B/A
That preside over our minds and our lives
A B/A A B/A C#m
When they find what I want is the deadliest weapon, that is truth
[Verse]
C#m
Day by day it's getting louder
C#m
And day by day it's getting stronger
A C#m/G#
But when I can't scream no more and I need reassurance,
Ddim
I listen to the crowd
[Outro]
Ddim
And the boy stood and stared at the hill; and the hill - it stared back
Chords by Michael Trost (Mitch 18 Januar).