Chords with lyrics
Verse 1:
G+G BB
As I left my house, as I walked out today
A minorAm C minorCm
Thought I walked out my marriage. Thought I walked out on grace
G+G A minorAm C majorC D MajorD
As the dawn it was breaking at the end of the street
A minorAm C majorC
I didn't know what would happen, didn't know what I'd see
G+G BB
I saw two transit buses blocked the road on our side
A minorAm C minorCm
Saw a couple of joggers who chanced to run by
G+G 'Gm C majorC D MajorD
Saw some soldiers come out and they mixed with the crowd
A minorAm C minorCm
Tears came to my eyes we're just walking around
G+G D MajorD C majorC G+G D MajorD C majorC
And there're so many people - Everybody is here!
G+G D MajorD C majorC G+G
I saw the girls from the office
D MajorD C majorC
I saw those guys from the street
G+G BB
You might think you are lost, but then you will find
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
That god draws straight, but with crooked lines
Verse 2:
G+G BB
I saw a matron in white, her face lifted to heaven
A minorAm C minorCm
Saw nuns on their knees and some who were weeping
G+G A minorAm C majorC D MajorD
Saw a middle-aged man and government clerk
A minorAm C majorC
An Afromestizo held his rosary up
G+G BB
I saw nobody leave, I didn't feel fear or terror
A minorAm C minorCm
It felt like a movie , like the end of an era
G+G A minorAm C majorC D MajorD
Nobody got hurt and nobody died
A minorAm C minorCm
I'll remember this day, I'll remember this time
G+G D MajorD C majorC G+G D MajorD C majorC
And there're so many people - Everybody is here!
G+G D MajorD C majorC G+G
I saw the girls from the office
D MajorD C majorC
I saw those guys from the street
G+G BB
You might think you are lost, but then you will find
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
That god draws straight, but with crooked lines
Verse 3:
G+G BB
As I turned on my walkman, and all I could hear -
A minorAm C minorCm
Every station was Marcos, he's on every TV
G+G A minorAm C majorC D MajorD
An appliance store window he fills every screen
A minorAm C majorC
Then the TVs went blank and his face disappeared
G+G
Then the darkness it thickened
BB
There was no time for choices
A minorAm C minorCm
Half blind I ran, I was guided by voices
G+G A minorAm C majorC D MajorD
When the choppers took off leaving Malacañang
A minorAm C minorCm
We knew it was over knew it was the end
G+G D MajorD C majorC G+G D MajorD C majorC
And there're so many people - Everybody is here!
G+G D MajorD C majorC G+G
I saw the girls from the office
D MajorD C majorC
I saw those guys from the street
G+G BB
You might think you are lost, but then you will find
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC G+G
That god draws straight, but with crooked lines
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G
Yea, god draws straight, but with crooked lines