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Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke Tab

by Alarm


WHERE WERE YOU HIDING WHEN THE STORM BROKE? - THE ALARM

Written by Eddie Macdonald and Mike Peters
As performed by THE ALARM on the album DECLARATION
Tuning: 1/2 step down


Intro (twice)

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B -3/15-----12P10-------------------------|
G ------------------11-9---7-----7--9--7--|
D -----------------------------9----------|
A ----------------------------------------|
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Born into a war and peace
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Forced to choose between a right and wrong

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Each man kills a thing he loves
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For better or for worse

Em /    /    /      D
Face to face with a ragged truth
                       
Mixed up and torn in two
                   
And turned your back on the only thing
                                
That could save you from yourself


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WHERE WERE YOU HIDING
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WHEN THE STORM BROKE
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WHEN THE RAIN BEGAN TO FALL

Em /     /       /   D
WHEN THE THUNDER AND THE LIGHTNING STRUCK
                                        

AND THE RAIN AND THE FOUR WINDS DID HOWL

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After all time building up
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Comes inevitable knocking down

  
(ONE BY ONE)

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Come receivers, liars, gamblers
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Pick pocket entourage

  
(TWO BY TWO)

Em /    /   /    D
Selling out is a cardinal sin
                        
Sinning with a safety net (THREE BY THREE)
                       
They say that all things come in threes
                          
Here comes the third degree



D (let ring)
All cards are marked
And all fates will collide

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The truth is the truth
Or the truth is surely a lie
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Get back in your shelter
                           / / // /
If you can't come down off the fence
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And one more question
             
Where were you?
G /   /    /
Where were you?





              
WHERE WERE YOU HIDING
         
WHEN THE STORM BROKE
         
WHEN THE RAIN BEGAN TO FALL
                   
WHERE WERE YOU HIDING

              
FOUR. WINDS. HOWL.

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