Verse
Gm
Listen to me, just hear me out, if I could have your attention
Cm Eb F Gm
Just quieten down for a voice in the crowd (in the crowd)
Gm
I get so confused and I don't understand
Gm
I know you feel the same way you've always wanted to say
Cm
But you don't get the chance
Eb F Gm
Just a voice in the crowd (in the crowd)
Eb
I don't know the score anymore
Gm
It's not clear anymore
Eb
I can't tell right from wrong anymore
Gm
I just don't understand
[Verse]
Gm
I was just sitting here thinking of exchanging a new world for old
Gm
Like changing channels on the tv, or the dirt we stand in to gold
Gm
When I was young my father told me just bad guys die
Gm
At the time just a little white lie
Cm
It was one of the first but it hurt me the most
Eb
And the truth stung like tears in my eyes
Eb7/Db
That even the good guys must die
Cm
There's no reasoning no crimes and I never knew why
Bsus2
Even now it still makes me cry
[Chorus]
A# F/A# Eb/A# F A# F/A# Eb/A#
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
F Eb
Just a little helping hand, just a little understanding
Fsus4 F Fsus4 F Fsus4 F A#
Just some answers to the questions that surround me now
F/A# Eb/A# F A# F/A# Eb/A#
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
F Eb
Just a little guiding light to tell wrong from right
Fsus4 F Fsus4 F Fsus4 F
Just some answers to the questions that I'm asking you
Eb A#/D Cm Gm
I keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
Eb A#/D Cm Gm
Where nothing here is ever what it seems
Eb A#/D Cm Gm
You stand so close but you never understand it
Eb F/Eb Eb F/Eb Gm
For all that we see is not all that it seems, am I blind?
[Verse]
Gm
And you sit there and talk revolution
Gm
But can you tell me just who's in command?
Cm
When you tell me the forces we're fighting
Eb
Then I'll join you and gladly make plans
Gm
But for now just our t-shirts cry freedom
Gm
And our voices are gagged by our greed
Cm
Our minds are harnessed by knowledge
Eb
By the hill and the will to succeed
Eb7/Db
And if that's not what you believe
Cm
Would you just let me know I'm not standing alone
Bsus2
That I'm not just a voice in the crowd
[Chorus]
A# F/A# Eb/A# F A# F/A# Eb/A#
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
F Eb
Just a little helping hand, just a little understanding
Fsus4 F Fsus4 F Fsus4 F A#
Just some answers to the questions that surround me now
F/A# Eb/A# F A# F/A# Eb/A#
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
F Eb
Just a little guiding light to tell wrong from right
Fsus4 F Fsus4 F Fsus4 F
Just some answers to the questions that I'm asking you
Eb A#/D Cm Gm
I keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
Eb A#/D Cm Gm
Where nothing here is ever what it seems
Eb A#/D Cm Gm
You're reaching out, you're so close you can touch it
Eb F/Eb Eb F/Eb
But it all disappears when it's always so near
Eb F/Eb Eb F/Eb
But one day we will find that we stand in the light
[Chorus]
F Eb A#/D Cm Gm
Until then I'll keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
Eb A#/D Cm Gm
Nothing here is ever what it seems
Eb A#/D Cm Gm Eb
I'm scared to shout in case I draw attention from the powers
F/Eb Eb F/Eb
That preside over our minds and our lives
Eb F/Eb Eb F/Eb Gm
When they find what I want is the deadliest weapon, that is truth
[Verse]
Gm
Day by day it's getting louder
Gm
And day by day it's getting stronger
Eb Gm/D
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).