Chords for Don McLean - Chain Lighning

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Sometimes _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _
when I'm thinking _ _ that [C] _ _ _
love's not [G] around, _ _ _ [Am] my heart _ _ [Em] begins sinking. _
_ [A] I _ don't _ hear [B] a sound, _ _ [Em] and the _ world is in _ blackness.
_ _ [C] No light _ _ shines [G] on me.
_ _ _ [A] I suffer _ [Em] no blindness.
_ _ _ [A] No one _ [Em] can [B] I see.
_ _ [Em] Then a flash _ _ from the heavens, _ _ _ [C] like a loud _ _ [G] jagged wire, _ _ _ [Am] and the [D] silence _ [A]
is [Em] broken. _ _ _
[B] And the night _ is [Em] on fire. _
It's like chain _ _ _ _ lightning. _
_ [C] This love _ _ _ [G] I feel, _ _ [Am] who knows _ where [Em] it _ strikes, _ [Am] or when _ _ it [B] will hit, _ _ [Am] how _ _ long it will [Em] _
last, _ or [B] when.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ And it [Em] will quit.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ In the forest _ _ I'm burning.
_ _ _ [C] Struck down _ _ by the [G] _
blast, _ _ [Am] the fever _ _ is [Em] turning.
_ _ And [Am] the heat _ rises [B] _ _
fast.
_ [Em] And _ those standing _ nearest _ _ [C] can show _ _ _ [G] concern. _
_ _ But [Am] I swear _ if [Em] they touch me, _ [Am] that they _ _ too [B] will burn.
_ _ [Em] They _ fear for their _ lives.
_ [C] Or day will [G] soon dwell.
_ In [Am] the warmth of [Em] your _ love _ [B] is the fire of _ [Em] hell.
_ _ It's like chain _ _ _ lightning.
_ _ This [C] love _ _ that [G] I _ _ feel, [Am] who knows _ where [Em] it _ strikes, _ [Am] or when _ it [B] will hit, _ _ [A] how long _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _
it will last, [B] or when.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ It [Em] will quit. _ _ _ _
And _ _ _ _ soon the sparks scatter.
_ _ [C] And the wind _ whips [G] the flame.
_ _ [A] For _
[Am] _ love will [Em] soon shatter _ _ [Am] what _ it cannot [B] _ _
tame.
_ [Em] And the cycle _ _ _ _ _
continues.
_ _ _ [C] From life _ _ [G] into dust.
_ _ [Am] For I _ am [Em] now in you.
_ [Am] With the fire _ of [B] _ _
lust.
And [Em] I hear _ the _ explosion.
_ _ [C] The thunder _ _ and [G] the _ rain.
_ [Am] The water _ _ is [Em] _
falling.
_ _ [B] The ashes _ _ _ _ [Em] _
remain.
_ It's like chain _ lightning. _ _
_ _ _ [C] This love _ that [G] I _ feel, _ [Am] who knows _ where [Em] it _ _ strikes, [Am] or when _ [Em] it will [B] _
hit, _ [G] [Am] how _ _ _ long it [Em] will _ last, _ [B] or when _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ it [Em] will quit. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
The _ _ Indians tell us that [C] the _ _ phoenix can [G] rise _ _ from [Am] the _ _ _ smoldering [Em] _
ashes.
_ That [Am] _ _
once over [Em] my [B] _ _
eyes [Em] and watch _ beautiful _ _ _ _ colors _ [C] from black and from [G] gray _ _ [Am] be formed _ _ [Em] into wings _ and then [Am] take me _ [Em] [B] away. _
_ _ [Em] Where evil is _ _ darkness _ _ _ [C] and goodness _ is [G] _ _
light.
_ [A] And _ love [Am] is [Em] the lightning _ _ [Am] that cuts _ _ through [B] the night _ _ and [Em] strikes _ _ _ only _ once.
_ [C] In a dark _ place [G] in _ time _ [Am] and forms _ a [Em] gold _ stairway _ [B] that all of _ [G] us [Em]
climb.
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