Verse
F#m
Listen to me, just hear me out, if I could have your attention
Bm D E F#m
Just quieten down for a voice in the crowd (in the crowd)
F#m
I get so confused and I don't understand
F#m
I know you feel the same way you've always wanted to say
Bm
But you don't get the chance
D E F#m
Just a voice in the crowd (in the crowd)
D
I don't know the score anymore
F#m
It's not clear anymore
D
I can't tell right from wrong anymore
F#m
I just don't understand
[Verse]
F#m
I was just sitting here thinking of exchanging a new world for old
F#m
Like changing channels on the tv, or the dirt we stand in to gold
F#m
When I was young my father told me just bad guys die
F#m
At the time just a little white lie
Bm
It was one of the first but it hurt me the most
D
And the truth stung like tears in my eyes
D7/C
That even the good guys must die
Bm
There's no reasoning no crimes and I never knew why
A#sus2
Even now it still makes me cry
[Chorus]
A E/A D/A E A E/A D/A
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
E D
Just a little helping hand, just a little understanding
Esus4 E Esus4 E Esus4 E A
Just some answers to the questions that surround me now
E/A D/A E A E/A D/A
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
E D
Just a little guiding light to tell wrong from right
Esus4 E Esus4 E Esus4 E
Just some answers to the questions that I'm asking you
D A/C# Bm F#m
I keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
D A/C# Bm F#m
Where nothing here is ever what it seems
D A/C# Bm F#m
You stand so close but you never understand it
D E/D D E/D F#m
For all that we see is not all that it seems, am I blind?
[Verse]
F#m
And you sit there and talk revolution
F#m
But can you tell me just who's in command?
Bm
When you tell me the forces we're fighting
D
Then I'll join you and gladly make plans
F#m
But for now just our t-shirts cry freedom
F#m
And our voices are gagged by our greed
Bm
Our minds are harnessed by knowledge
D
By the hill and the will to succeed
D7/C
And if that's not what you believe
Bm
Would you just let me know I'm not standing alone
A#sus2
That I'm not just a voice in the crowd
[Chorus]
A E/A D/A E A E/A D/A
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
E D
Just a little helping hand, just a little understanding
Esus4 E Esus4 E Esus4 E A
Just some answers to the questions that surround me now
E/A D/A E A E/A D/A
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
E D
Just a little guiding light to tell wrong from right
Esus4 E Esus4 E Esus4 E
Just some answers to the questions that I'm asking you
D A/C# Bm F#m
I keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
D A/C# Bm F#m
Where nothing here is ever what it seems
D A/C# Bm F#m
You're reaching out, you're so close you can touch it
D E/D D E/D
But it all disappears when it's always so near
D E/D D E/D
But one day we will find that we stand in the light
[Chorus]
E D A/C# Bm F#m
Until then I'll keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
D A/C# Bm F#m
Nothing here is ever what it seems
D A/C# Bm F#m D
I'm scared to shout in case I draw attention from the powers
E/D D E/D
That preside over our minds and our lives
D E/D D E/D F#m
When they find what I want is the deadliest weapon, that is truth
[Verse]
F#m
Day by day it's getting louder
F#m
And day by day it's getting stronger
D F#m/C#
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).