Verse
Cm
Listen to me, just hear me out, if I could have your attention
Fm Ab A# Cm
Just quieten down for a voice in the crowd (in the crowd)
Cm
I get so confused and I don't understand
Cm
I know you feel the same way you've always wanted to say
Fm
But you don't get the chance
Ab A# Cm
Just a voice in the crowd (in the crowd)
Ab
I don't know the score anymore
Cm
It's not clear anymore
Ab
I can't tell right from wrong anymore
Cm
I just don't understand
[Verse]
Cm
I was just sitting here thinking of exchanging a new world for old
Cm
Like changing channels on the tv, or the dirt we stand in to gold
Cm
When I was young my father told me just bad guys die
Cm
At the time just a little white lie
Fm
It was one of the first but it hurt me the most
Ab
And the truth stung like tears in my eyes
Ab7/Gb
That even the good guys must die
Fm
There's no reasoning no crimes and I never knew why
Esus2
Even now it still makes me cry
[Chorus]
D# A#/D# Ab/D# A# D# A#/D# Ab/D#
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
A# Ab
Just a little helping hand, just a little understanding
A#sus4 A# A#sus4 A# A#sus4 A# D#
Just some answers to the questions that surround me now
A#/D# Ab/D# A# D# A#/D# Ab/D#
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
A# Ab
Just a little guiding light to tell wrong from right
A#sus4 A# A#sus4 A# A#sus4 A#
Just some answers to the questions that I'm asking you
Ab D#/G Fm Cm
I keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
Ab D#/G Fm Cm
Where nothing here is ever what it seems
Ab D#/G Fm Cm
You stand so close but you never understand it
Ab A#/Ab Ab A#/Ab Cm
For all that we see is not all that it seems, am I blind?
[Verse]
Cm
And you sit there and talk revolution
Cm
But can you tell me just who's in command?
Fm
When you tell me the forces we're fighting
Ab
Then I'll join you and gladly make plans
Cm
But for now just our t-shirts cry freedom
Cm
And our voices are gagged by our greed
Fm
Our minds are harnessed by knowledge
Ab
By the hill and the will to succeed
Ab7/Gb
And if that's not what you believe
Fm
Would you just let me know I'm not standing alone
Esus2
That I'm not just a voice in the crowd
[Chorus]
D# A#/D# Ab/D# A# D# A#/D# Ab/D#
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
A# Ab
Just a little helping hand, just a little understanding
A#sus4 A# A#sus4 A# A#sus4 A# D#
Just some answers to the questions that surround me now
A#/D# Ab/D# A# D# A#/D# Ab/D#
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
A# Ab
Just a little guiding light to tell wrong from right
A#sus4 A# A#sus4 A# A#sus4 A#
Just some answers to the questions that I'm asking you
Ab D#/G Fm Cm
I keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
Ab D#/G Fm Cm
Where nothing here is ever what it seems
Ab D#/G Fm Cm
You're reaching out, you're so close you can touch it
Ab A#/Ab Ab A#/Ab
But it all disappears when it's always so near
Ab A#/Ab Ab A#/Ab
But one day we will find that we stand in the light
[Chorus]
A# Ab D#/G Fm Cm
Until then I'll keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
Ab D#/G Fm Cm
Nothing here is ever what it seems
Ab D#/G Fm Cm Ab
I'm scared to shout in case I draw attention from the powers
A#/Ab Ab A#/Ab
That preside over our minds and our lives
Ab A#/Ab Ab A#/Ab Cm
When they find what I want is the deadliest weapon, that is truth
[Verse]
Cm
Day by day it's getting louder
Cm
And day by day it's getting stronger
Ab Cm/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).