Shelter From the Storm

D                F#m 
     'Twas in another life time,  
     G                   D
     One of toil and blood.  
        D                    F#m
     When blackness was a virtue  
              G               D
     And the road was full of mud.  
     D                  F#m
     I came in from the wilderness,  
         G              D 
     А creature void of form.  
           D                  F#m
     "Come in" she said,"I'll give you,  
     G                D 
     Shelter from the storm."  
 
     D                F#m 
     And if I pass this way again,  
     G                   D
     You can rest assured,  
        D                     F#m
     I'll always do my best for her  
              G           D
     On that I give my word. 
     D                  F#m
     In a world of steel eyed death and men 
          G              D 
     Who are fighting to be warm, 
            D                  F#m
     Come in she said,I'll give you 
     G                D  
     Shelter from the storm. 
  
     D                F#m 
     Not a word was spoke between us. 
     G                   D
     There was little risk involved.  
       D                     F#m
     everything up to that point, 
              G               D
     Had been left unresolved.  
     D                  F#m
     Try imagining a place  
         G              D 
     Where it's always safe and warm  
           D                  F#m
     Come in she said, I'll give you  
     G                D 
     Shelter from the storm.  
 
     D                F#m 
     I was burned out from exhaustion  
     G                   D
     I was buried in the hail.  
        D                     F#m
     Poisoned in the bushes  
              G               D
     An' blown out on the trail  
     D                  F#m
     Hunted like a crocodile,  
         G              D 
     Ravaged in the corn  
           D                  F#m
     Come in she said, I'll give you  
     G                D 
     Shelter from the storm  
 
     D                F#m 
     Suddenly I turned around 
     G                   D
     And she was standing there 
        D                     F#m
     With silver bracelets on her wrists  
              G            D
     And flowers in her hair. 
     D                  F#m
     She walked up to me so gracefully 
          G              D 
     And took my crown of thorns 
           D                  F#m
     Come in she said, I'll give you,  
     G                D 
     Shelter from the storm.  
 
     D                F#m      
     Now there's a wall between us 
     G                   D 
     Something has been lost.  
        D                     F#m
     I took too much for granted  
              G               D
     I got my signals crossed  
     D                  F#m
     Just to think that all began  
         G              D 
     On an uneventfull morn  
           D                  F#m
     Come in she said, I'll give you  
     G                D 
     Shelter from the storm 
 
     D                F#m      
     Well the deputy walks on hard nails  
     G                   D
     And the preacher rides a mount  
        D                     F#m
     But nothing really matters  
              G               D
     It's doom alone that counts  
     D                  F#m
     And the one-eyed undertaker  
         G              D 
     He blows a futile horn  
           D                  F#m
     Come in she said, I'll give you  
     G                D 
     Shelter from the storm  
 
     D                F#m 
     I've heard newborn babies wailin'  
     G                 D
     Like a mornin' dove  
        D                     F#m
     And old men with broken teeth  
              G           D
     Stranded without love. 
     D                  F#m
     Do I understand your question, man  
         G              D 
     Is it hopeless and forlorn. 
           D                  F#m
     Come in she said, I'll give you  
     G                D 
     Shelter from the storm.  
 
     D                F#m 
     In a little hill top village  
     G                   D
     I gambled for my clothes  
        D                     F#m
     I bargained for salvation  
              G               D
     And they gave me a leathal dose.  
     D                  F#m
     I offered up my innocence  
         G              D 
     And got repaid with scorn  
           D                  F#m
     Come in she said, I'll give you  
     G                D 
     Shelter from the storm  
 
     D                F#m      
     Well I'm livin' in a foreign country  
     G                   D
     But I'm bound to cross the line.  
        D                     F#m
     Beauty walk a razors edge,  
              G               D
     Someday I'll make it mine.  
     D                  F#m
     If I could only turn the clock back  
         G              D 
     To when God and her were born  
           D                  F#m
     Come in she said,I'll give you  
     G                D 
     Shelter from the storm.