The Storm

Capo 1 C# F# C# Before it took you away A#m F# C# I tried to think of something I could say F# C# I watched the shadows in the hall A#m F# C# How they danced with the light and the white on the walls C# F# C# F# Your face in these pictures looks like a poem C# F# C# F# Your eyes lit up like a river stone C# F# C# F# Your body so much like a blanket thrown A#m C# F# F#maj7 On a warm bed at night, like a house in a storm C# F# C# Then you walk right through the doorway A#m F# C# You tell me you're here to stay F# C# The worst is gone and by God how long A#m F# C# Have you been here this way C# F# C# I surprise myself sometimes A#m F# C# The way the days unfold and this road unwinds F# C# You tell me you see it too A#m F# C# And the miles seem like inches when I think of you C# F# C# F# Its been 25 day since I've been gone C# F# C# F# 25 weeks since I've seen my home C# F# C# F# I spent 25 months chasing this song A#m F# F#maj7 and all of this time I've been alone C# F# C# Then you walk right through the doorway A#m F# C# You tell me you're here to stay F# C# The worst is gone and by God how long A#m F# C# Have you been here this way C# Middle 8 A#m F# C# And you knew it all along A#m F# C# I wasn't happy all along A#m F# C# And your body all I wanted A#m F# C# Led me to just come home C# F# C# Then you walk right through the doorway A#m F# C# You tell me you're here to stay F# C# The worst is gone and by God how long A#m F# C# Have you been here this way A#m F# C# And I only just learned how to stand like a man A#m F# C# I've got 25 years of running instead A#m F# C# How could I see the ground at my feet A#m C# F# The truth is to me that I was caught in the storm C# That I wasn't alone