Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
E MajorE
Lord
BB
Show me a sign
E MajorE
That you’re still there
A augmentedA
That you still care
E MajorE
That you’re still with me
BB
That you still know me
A augmentedA BB
Before I resign
E MajorE
Show me a sign
E MajorE
I can’t laugh
C# minorC#m
I can’t weep
E MajorE
Five nights in a row now
BB
Not a second of sleep
A augmentedA
Is there something
C# minorC#m
You want me to know
A augmentedA BB
Well I wish you’d tell me what
E MajorE
Give me some kind of show
E MajorE
How ‘bout a meteor
C# minorC#m
Or a shooting star
E MajorE
Or even a drunk
BB
Getting thrown out of the bar
A augmentedA
I’m getting impatient
C# minorC#m
And hope is expensive
A augmentedA
And I’m running low on
BB E MajorE
Everything these days
E MajorE
The waters are rising
C# minorC#m
And the world is on fire
E MajorE
We’re all just gasoline
BB
For the funeral pyre
A augmentedA
In the palaces morons
C# minorC#m
In the hospitals ghouls
A augmentedA BB
Murderers in the towns
E MajorE
Rats in the schools
E MajorE
Armies of zombies
C# minorC#m
And the generals fishing
E MajorE
And baby Jesus
BB
On a suicide mission
A augmentedA
And little Mohammed
C# minorC#m
Lifeless and brown
A augmentedA BB
And drowning faceless scarecrows
E MajorE
Wearing the crown
E MajorE
Ten thousand whistlers
C# minorC#m
Off-track and off-tune
E MajorE
Sixteen drummers
BB
Wearing some kind of rune
A augmentedA
Some kind of amulet
C# minorC#m
Some pre-Christian cross
A augmentedA BB
And one man’s lucky roll
E MajorE
Is another man’s loss
E MajorE
Lord, you should have been there
C# minorC#m
Last Saturday night
E MajorE
I broke a couple barstools
BB
And I broke up a fight
A augmentedA
I broke three fingers
C# minorC#m
They looked kind of Egyptian
A augmentedA BB
And the doctor wouldn’t see me
E MajorE
Without a prescription
E MajorE
If this is how
C# minorC#m
It’s all gonna go
E MajorE
I might as well pile up
BB
Frequent flier miles and lay low
A augmentedA
I might as well buy up
C# minorC#m
Some spiritual trinkets
A augmentedA BB
Line the walls with paint
E MajorE
And start to drink it
E MajorE
It’s hard to believe
C# minorC#m
It’s goin’ down so fast
E MajorE
When Einstein died
BB
He thought you built it to last
A augmentedA
But they threw him in a hole
C# minorC#m
And they stole his brain
A augmentedA
And three days later
BB E MajorE
It washed up again in the rain
E MajorE
Lord, I’ll make you a bargain
C# minorC#m
I’ll cut you a deal
E MajorE
They can cut off my eyelids
BB
And I won’t squeal
A augmentedA
I won’t spill your secrets
C# minorC#m
My soul’s locked tight
A augmentedA
Just please let me
BB E MajorE
Get a little sleep tonight
E MajorE
Fifty thousand horses
C# minorC#m
Ten thousand sheep
E MajorE
I’d trade ‘em all
BB
For just a second of sleep
A augmentedA
The kind with dreams though
C# minorC#m
You gotta have dreams
A augmentedA BB
I’ve heard about what happens
E MajorE
At the other extreme
E MajorE
Yeah without them dreams
C# minorC#m
You go insane
E MajorE
It’s like having mayonnaise
BB
Shot into your brain
A augmentedA
But maybe I’m the exception
C# minorC#m
Every dog has its day
A augmentedA BB
Maybe I’m a brand new species
E MajorE
What do you say
E MajorE C# minorC#m E MajorE BB A augmentedA C# minorC#m A augmentedA BB E MajorE
E MajorE
So look out the window
C# minorC#m
Might be something out there
E MajorE
Maybe something to read
BB
Here’s a Vanity Fair
A augmentedA
Winter is coming
C# minorC#m
That’s a relief
A augmentedA BB
And I’m willing to go on faith
E MajorE
But I’m past belief
E MajorE C# minorC#m E MajorE BB A augmentedA C# minorC#m A augmentedA BB E MajorE
(lyrics: Dan Bern)