Verse
Bm
Listen to me, just hear me out, if I could have your attention
Em G A Bm
Just quieten down for a voice in the crowd (in the crowd)
Bm
I get so confused and I don't understand
Bm
I know you feel the same way you've always wanted to say
Em
But you don't get the chance
G A Bm
Just a voice in the crowd (in the crowd)
G
I don't know the score anymore
Bm
It's not clear anymore
G
I can't tell right from wrong anymore
Bm
I just don't understand
[Verse]
Bm
I was just sitting here thinking of exchanging a new world for old
Bm
Like changing channels on the tv, or the dirt we stand in to gold
Bm
When I was young my father told me just bad guys die
Bm
At the time just a little white lie
Em
It was one of the first but it hurt me the most
G
And the truth stung like tears in my eyes
G7/F
That even the good guys must die
Em
There's no reasoning no crimes and I never knew why
D#sus2
Even now it still makes me cry
[Chorus]
D A/D G/D A D A/D G/D
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
A G
Just a little helping hand, just a little understanding
Asus4 A Asus4 A Asus4 A D
Just some answers to the questions that surround me now
A/D G/D A D A/D G/D
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
A G
Just a little guiding light to tell wrong from right
Asus4 A Asus4 A Asus4 A
Just some answers to the questions that I'm asking you
G D/F# Em Bm
I keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
G D/F# Em Bm
Where nothing here is ever what it seems
G D/F# Em Bm
You stand so close but you never understand it
G A/G G A/G Bm
For all that we see is not all that it seems, am I blind?
[Verse]
Bm
And you sit there and talk revolution
Bm
But can you tell me just who's in command?
Em
When you tell me the forces we're fighting
G
Then I'll join you and gladly make plans
Bm
But for now just our t-shirts cry freedom
Bm
And our voices are gagged by our greed
Em
Our minds are harnessed by knowledge
G
By the hill and the will to succeed
G7/F
And if that's not what you believe
Em
Would you just let me know I'm not standing alone
D#sus2
That I'm not just a voice in the crowd
[Chorus]
D A/D G/D A D A/D G/D
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
A G
Just a little helping hand, just a little understanding
Asus4 A Asus4 A Asus4 A D
Just some answers to the questions that surround me now
A/D G/D A D A/D G/D
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
A G
Just a little guiding light to tell wrong from right
Asus4 A Asus4 A Asus4 A
Just some answers to the questions that I'm asking you
G D/F# Em Bm
I keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
G D/F# Em Bm
Where nothing here is ever what it seems
G D/F# Em Bm
You're reaching out, you're so close you can touch it
G A/G G A/G
But it all disappears when it's always so near
G A/G G A/G
But one day we will find that we stand in the light
[Chorus]
A G D/F# Em Bm
Until then I'll keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
G D/F# Em Bm
Nothing here is ever what it seems
G D/F# Em Bm G
I'm scared to shout in case I draw attention from the powers
A/G G A/G
That preside over our minds and our lives
G A/G G A/G Bm
When they find what I want is the deadliest weapon, that is truth
[Verse]
Bm
Day by day it's getting louder
Bm
And day by day it's getting stronger
G Bm/F#
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).