Key: F major
Verse 1
A
D
It was just starting to drizzle
as I walked out the door
I was happy as a lark
G
A
D
As I grabbed my bike and rode into the dark
Verse 2
the weather on my mind
the distant thunder roared
G
A
D
And I knew that I was in for quite a storm
Verse 3
G
A
it's always darkest before the dawn
Verse 4
as I leapt off my bike
there was a twister touching down
G
A
D
So I crawled into a culvert to wait it out
Verse 5
G
A
D
it's always darkest before the dawn
Verse 6
Em
Bm
I couldn't make a sound
G
A
The whirling of a vortex,
G
F#
Bm
a violent carousel
G
Abdim
A
F#
G
Dm
Fdim
It sounded like a freight train was dragging me to hell
F#
Bm
G
Fdim
F#
A
Bb
Ab
Abdim
A
Dm
Bb
Ab
Abdim
A
Dm
Eb
C#aug
Aaug
A
And this was my pray er,
C
Bb
Gm
A
"Save me from this terrible nightmare"
Interlude 1
A
G
D
Em
D
G
A
Verse 7
D
A
with my eyes shut real tight
Bm
A
them if this was how I died?
D
A
Em
monster in the sky that night
D
Verse 8
A
G
A
it's always darkest before the dawn
D
A
Bm
D
G
D
A
G
So I kept hanging on
D
A
Bm
G
I kept hanging on
D
Em
G
Verse 9
A
as I was hunkered down
went weak in the knees
A
B
'Cause what I saw was a somber
Verse 10
and wreckage in that town
hanging from the power lines
B
E
felt lucky to be alive
Verse 11
E
B
you can run but you can't hide
C#m
B
come out the other side
A
'Cause with all the stormy weather in the world,
B
C#m
To take life one storm at a time,
A
B
you don't have to be afraid
Verse 12
A
B
And now when there's bad weather on the way,
I stay calm
E
A
And I keep hanging on because it's always
E
B
C#m
E
A
E
B
Verse 13
A
E
B
C#m
A
E
A
And I keep hanging on
E
B
I keep hanging on
Outro 1
C#m
A
E
A
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