Intro: G# Eb C# Eb (4x)
Verse 1:
G# Eb
Looking out my window
C# Eb G#
An angel in robes appeared
Eb C# Eb
and nearly pulled me apart
G#
A million miles of
Eb C#
freedom a million
miles of road
Eb G#
But I still don't
Eb C#
know where to start
Eb G# Eb
She wrote her number down
C#
And she gave it to me
Eb G#
They had to scrape
Eb C#
me off the floor
Eb Fm Eb
In this transient town
C# Eb
waiters and dealers
G#
Trying to get their
Eb
foot in the door
C#
That night I called
Eb
her and she said
G# Eb
"Daddy daddy daddy
C#
all my life
Eb G#
I've been trying to
find my place
Eb C#
in the world"
Eb
And I said to her
Fm Eb C#
"Baby baby babe I got
Eb Fm
all night to listen to
Eb G#
the heart of a girl"
Post Chorus: G# Eb C# Eb (2x)
Verse 2:
G#
I can see the time
Eb C#
dripping down the clock
Eb G#
We've been trying to
Eb C# Eb
hear that ancient refrain
G#
It's the one that knows
Eb C#
just when our heads are
Eb G#
down And reminds us of
Eb C#
the place from where
Eb G# Eb C#
we came
Eb G# Eb C# Eb
Where we came
G# Eb
"Daddy daddy daddy
C#
all my life
Eb G#
I've been trying to
find my place
Eb C#
in this world"
Eb
And I said to her
Fm Eb C#
"Baby baby babe I got
Eb Fm
all night to listen to
Eb G#
the heart of a girl"
Bridge:
Bb
What happened here
F C
what is this world?
Bb
It's too far from
F C
the heart of a girl
Bb
A ripple in the water
F C
From the drop of a pearl
Bb
I'm on the shore waiting
F C
For the heart of a girl
Interldue: G# Eb C# Eb (2x) Fm Eb C# Fm Eb G#
Verse 3:
G#
Many doors
Eb C#
knock on one
Eb G#
Standing still
Eb C#
time is raging
G#
Staring down the mouth
Eb C#
of a hundred thousand guns
Eb G#
And you're still here
Eb C#
you're still here
G# Eb
I believe that we never
C#
have to be alone
Eb G#
Yes I believe it's
Eb C#
just around the bend
G#
You can hold it in
Eb
Or you can scream
C#
it on a microphone
Eb G#
There is no end
Eb
(there is no end)
C#
There is no end
G# Eb
Deep in the night
C#
I feel the presence
G#
Of something that
Eb C#
was long ago told to me
Fm Eb
There is a hand
C# Eb
guiding the river
Fm Eb G#
The river to wide open sea
G# Eb
And deep in my heart
C# Eb
in any gain
G# Eb
On any mountain
C#
no I'm not afraid
Fm Eb
Standing on stone
C# Eb
you stand beside me
Fm
And honor the
Eb G#
plans that were made