Alone from Big Country (from the album "Buffalo Skinners" (1993)) ----- ----------- 1) The midday sky was grey and purple At least it wasn't blue I want the sky to be the way I am and what I do For I have been a lost and lonely /* chords for these lines are the */ Sailor on your sea /* same as for the first four */ Run aground by trusting signals You were sending me. ) , , , , , , ->, ->, 2) The streets are filled with empty faces Nothing here is new It's just the same in other places I have journeyed to I was the first across the water Last upon the land I walked out of the silver mine My pockets full of sand. B) Alone inside my head /* chords the same as for 1) */ Alone inside my room I feel alone inside my head Alone inside my tiny little world , , , , , , 3) It's not my life in those old pictures Once you threw away For I was always someone else And always far away Walking in the darkest places Where the mission meets Waiting for the ground to open up Beneath my feet. ) ... ) ... ) , , , /* in ), I strum the bass strings only */ Alone, inside my head Alone inside my room I feel alone inside my head Alone inside my world. I'm alone inside my head /* chords as in the first four lines of C) */ Alone inside my room I feel alone inside my head Alone inside my tiny little world. ) ... Chord | ------+------------ Am | X 0 2 2 1 0 C | X 3 2 0 1 0 F | 1 3 3 2 1 1 G | 3 5 5 4 3 3 ------------------------------------- Claus Tappert, ctappert@astro.puc.cl -------------------------------------