The Tornado Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[A]It was [D]just starting to drizzle
as I walked out the door
But [G]I've delivered papers in the rain
like that be[Em]fore
Three-thirty [D]in in the morning,
I was happy as a lark
As I [G]grabbed my bike and [A]rode [D]into the dark

[Verse 2]
I [D]pedaled through the neighborhood,
the weather on my mind
But the [G]wind was picking up and
howling louder all the [Em]time
[D]The sky churned like a cauldron and
the distant thunder roared
And I [G]knew that I was [A]in [D]for quite a storm

[Verse 3]
A [G]little rain never hurt no one,
so [A]I kept pressing on
And I [D]tried to tell myself,
it's [G]always darkest before [A]the dawn

[Verse 4]
[D]Lightning struck an oak tree
as I leapt off my bike
The [G]sirens started wailing but
there was no good place to [Em]hide
I [D]knew without a doubt,
there was a twister touching down
So [G]I crawled into a cul[A]vert to [D]wait it out

[Verse 5]
The [G]little bit of courage I had
[A]left was almost gone
But I [D]tried to tell myself,
it's [G]always darkest before [A]the dawn[D]
[A]And

[Verse 6]
[G]then the nightmare started,
[Bm]it got deafeningly loud
Every [D]fiber in me screamed out but
I couldn't make [Em]a so[Bm]und
The [G]whirling of a vor[A]tex,
[G]a viole[F#]nt carou[Bm]sel
[G]It sounded like a [Abdim]freight train was d[A]ragging me to h[F#]ell[G][Dm][Fdim]
[F#][Bm][G][Fdim][F#][A][Bb][Ab]
[Abdim][A][Dm][Bb][Ab][Abdim][A]
And [Dm]this [Eb]was m[C#aug]y pray e[Aaug]r,[A]
[C]"Save me [Bb]from this ter[Gm]rible [A]nightmare"

[Interlude 1]
[A][G][D][Em][D][G]
[A]

[Verse 7]
That was [G]when I saw my family
with my [D]eyes shut real [A]tight
Would they [G]know how much I loved
them if [Bm]this was how [A]I died?
No, I [G]vowed I'd not be murdered by a
[D]monster in [A]the sky that [Em]night
[D]

[Verse 8]
[A]
But if [G]I went home to heaven,
at least [A]that's where I'd belong
Yeah, I [D]tried to tell myself,
it's [G]always darkest before [A]the dawn
So I kept [D]hanging [A]on[Bm][D][G][D][A][G]
I kept hanging [D]on[A][Bm][G]
[D][Em][G]

[Verse 9]
[A]
[E]The shadows slowly melted
as I was hunkered down
Till at [A]last the worst was over,
the storm was dying [F#m]out
I [E]crept out of that culvert and I
went weak in the knees
'Cause what [A]I saw was [B]a somber
[E]sight to see

[Verse 10]
There was [E]nothing but destruction
and wreckage in that town
[A]Cars were upside down and
houses leveled to the [F#m]ground
A [E]twisted trampoline was
hanging from the power lines
I blinked a tear [A]back 'cause I
felt [B]lucky to [E]be alive

[Verse 11]
And that was [A]how I learned to live when
you can run [E]but you can't [B]hide
How to feel [A]trapped in a tunnel but
come [C#m]out the other si[B]de
'Cause with [A]all the stormy weather in the world,
[E]you learn
[B]To take life one storm [C#m]at a time,
you don't [A]have to be [B]afraid

[Verse 12]
And [A]now when there's bad weather on the [B]way,
I stay calm
And [E]I keep hanging on because i[A]t's always
darkest [B]before the dawn
[E][B][C#m][E][A][E][B]

[Verse 13]
[A]
And I keep hanging [E]on[B][C#m][A][E][A]
I keep hanging [E]on[B]

[Outro 1]
[C#m][A][E][A]