Chain Lightning Chords by Don Mclean

_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ Sometimes _ when I'm thinking _ _ that [C] _ _ _
love's not [G] around, _ _
_ [Am] My heart _ _ [Em] begins sinking. _
_ _ [Am] I don't _ hear [B] a sound,
_ _ [Em] And the _ _ world is in _ blackness.
_ No [C] light _ _ shines [G] on _ me.
_ _ [Am] I suffer _ _ [Em] no blindness,
_ _ _ [Am] No one _ can [B] I see.
_ _ [Em] Then a _ flash _ from the heavens, _ _ _
[C] Like a loud _ _ [G] jagged wire,
_ And [Am] the [D] silence _ [A]
is [Em] broken, _ _ _
[B] And the night _ is [Em] on fire. _ _
It's like chain _ _ _ _ lightning, _ _
_ [C] This love I _ _ _ [G] _ 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 _ _ _ _ _ _
_ it [Em] will quit.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ In the forest _ _ _ I'm burning,
_ _ _ [C] Struck down _ by [G] the blast,
_ _ [Am] The fever _ _ _ [Em] is churning,
_ _ _ [Am] And the heat _ rises [B] _ _
fast,
_ [Em] And _ those _ standing nearest,
_ _ [C] Can show _ their _ [G] concern,
_ _ But [Am] I swear _ if [Em] they touch me,
_ [Am] That they _ _ too [B] will burn,
_ _ [Em] They _ _ feel for their _ lives,
_ _ [C] Or they'll _ [G] soon dwell,
_ _ [Am] In the warmth of [Em] your _ love,
_ [B] Is the fire _ of [Em] hell.
_ _ It's like chain _ _ _ lightning,
_ _ _ [C] This love I _ _ [G] _ _
feel,
_ [Am] Who _ knows where [Em] it _ _ strikes,
Or [Am]
when _ it [B] will hit,
_ _ [Am] How _ long it [Em] will _ _ last,
[B] Or when it _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] will quit. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ And soon _ the sparks scatter,
_ _ [C] And the wind _ whips [G] the flame,
_ _ [Am] For our _ 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,
_ _ _ [Am] With the fire _ _ [B] of _ lust,
And [Em] I hear _ the _ explosion,
_ But [C] my spirit _ _ [G] _ _
drains,
_ [Am] The water _ _ _ _ [Em] is falling,
_ _ [B] The ashes _ _ _ [Em] _ _
remain,
_ It's like chain _ _ _ _ lightning,
_ _ [C] This love _ I _ [G] _ _
feel,
_ [Am] Who knows _ _ [Em] where it _ _ strikes,
[Am] Or when _ it [B] will hit,
_ _ [Bm] [Am] How _ _ _ _ [Em] long it will _ _ last,
[B] Or when _ _ _ _ _ _ _ it [Em] will quit.
_ _ _ _ _
The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Indians tell us,
That [C] the _ _ phoenix can [G] _
rise,
_ _ [A] From the _ _ _ smoldering [Em] ashes,
_ _ That [Am] _ _
once over [Em] my [B] _ _
eyes,
[Em] Can watch _ _ beautiful _ _ _ colors,
_ [C] From black _ and from [G] gray,
_ _ [Am] Be formed _ _ [Em] into _ wings,
And [Am] then take _ me [Em] _ [B] away,
_ _ [Em] Where evil _ _ _ _ is darkness,
_ _ _ [C] And goodness _ is [G] _ _
light,
_ [Am] And love _ _ 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 [Em] us climb. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _