Called out in the dark
C - Am - F
C
Am
F
1. It's like we just can't help
ourselves,
C Am F
‘cause we don't know how to
back down.
C Am F
We were called out to the
streets,
C Am F
we were called into the towns.
C
Am
F
2. How the heavens they opened up,
C Am F
like arms of dazzling gold.
C Am
F
With our rain-washed histories,
C Am F
well, we do not need to be
told.
Am F
Show me now, show me the arms
aloft,
Am F
every eye trained on a
different side
Am F C - G
this magic, this drunken
Semaphore, and I.
C G F Am G
F
We are listening, and we're not blind,
C
G F Am - G - F
this is your life, this is your time.
C
G F Am G
F
We are listening, and we're not blind,
C
G F Am - G - F
this is your life, this is your time.
+ C - Am - F
C
Am F
3. I was called out in the dark
C Am F
by a choir of beautiful cheats.
C Am F
And as the kids took back the
parks,
C Am F
you and I were left with the
streets.
Am F
Show me now, show me the arms
aloft,
Am F
every eye trained on a
different side
Am F
C - G
this magic, this drunken
Semaphore, and I.
C
G F Am G
F
We are listening, and we're not blind,
C
G F Am - G - F
this is your life, this is your time.
C
G F Am G
F
We are listening, and we're not blind,
C
G F Am - G - F - C
this is your life, this is your time.
(Snow Patrol)