Verse
Am
Listen to me, just hear me out, if I could have your attention
Dm F G Am
Just quieten down for a voice in the crowd (in the crowd)
Am
I get so confused and I don't understand
Am
I know you feel the same way you've always wanted to say
Dm
But you don't get the chance
F G Am
Just a voice in the crowd (in the crowd)
F
I don't know the score anymore
Am
It's not clear anymore
F
I can't tell right from wrong anymore
Am
I just don't understand
[Verse]
Am
I was just sitting here thinking of exchanging a new world for old
Am
Like changing channels on the tv, or the dirt we stand in to gold
Am
When I was young my father told me just bad guys die
Am
At the time just a little white lie
Dm
It was one of the first but it hurt me the most
F
And the truth stung like tears in my eyes
F7/Eb
That even the good guys must die
Dm
There's no reasoning no crimes and I never knew why
C#sus2
Even now it still makes me cry
[Chorus]
C G/C F/C G C G/C F/C
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
G F
Just a little helping hand, just a little understanding
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G C
Just some answers to the questions that surround me now
G/C F/C G C G/C F/C
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
G F
Just a little guiding light to tell wrong from right
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
Just some answers to the questions that I'm asking you
F C/E Dm Am
I keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
F C/E Dm Am
Where nothing here is ever what it seems
F C/E Dm Am
You stand so close but you never understand it
F G/F F G/F Am
For all that we see is not all that it seems, am I blind?
[Verse]
Am
And you sit there and talk revolution
Am
But can you tell me just who's in command?
Dm
When you tell me the forces we're fighting
F
Then I'll join you and gladly make plans
Am
But for now just our t-shirts cry freedom
Am
And our voices are gagged by our greed
Dm
Our minds are harnessed by knowledge
F
By the hill and the will to succeed
F7/Eb
And if that's not what you believe
Dm
Would you just let me know I'm not standing alone
C#sus2
That I'm not just a voice in the crowd
[Chorus]
C G/C F/C G C G/C F/C
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
G F
Just a little helping hand, just a little understanding
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G C
Just some answers to the questions that surround me now
G/C F/C G C G/C F/C
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
G F
Just a little guiding light to tell wrong from right
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
Just some answers to the questions that I'm asking you
F C/E Dm Am
I keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
F C/E Dm Am
Where nothing here is ever what it seems
F C/E Dm Am
You're reaching out, you're so close you can touch it
F G/F F G/F
But it all disappears when it's always so near
F G/F F G/F
But one day we will find that we stand in the light
[Chorus]
G F C/E Dm Am
Until then I'll keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
F C/E Dm Am
Nothing here is ever what it seems
F C/E Dm Am F
I'm scared to shout in case I draw attention from the powers
G/F F G/F
That preside over our minds and our lives
F G/F F G/F Am
When they find what I want is the deadliest weapon, that is truth
[Verse]
Am
Day by day it's getting louder
Am
And day by day it's getting stronger
F Am/E
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).