Vigil — Fish
Chords and lyrics for Vigil by Fish (key of A#).
Verse
[Dm]Listen to me, just hear me out, if I could have your attention
Just [Gm]quieten down for a [Bb]voice in the crowd [C](in the [Dm]crowd)
I get so [Dm]confused and I don't understand
I know you feel the [Dm]same way you've always wanted to say
But you don't [Gm]get the chance
Just a [Bb]voice in the crowd [C](in the [Dm]crowd)
I don't know the [Bb]score anymore
It's not [Dm]clear anymore
I can't tell right from [Bb]wrong anymore
I just don't [Dm]understand
Verse
I was [Dm]just sitting here thinking of exchanging a new world for old
Like [Dm]changing channels on the tv, or the dirt we stand in to gold
When I was [Dm]young my father told me just bad guys die
At the [Dm]time just a little white lie
It was [Gm]one of the first but it hurt me the most
And the [Bb]truth stung like tears in my eyes
That [Bb7/Ab]even the good guys must die
There's no [Gm]reasoning no crimes and I never knew why
Even now it still makes me [F#sus2]cry
Chorus
[F]If there's [C/F]somebody [Bb/F]up [C]there,[F] could they [C/F]throw me down a [Bb/F]line
Just a little [C]helping hand, just a little [Bb]understanding
Just some [Csus4][C]answers to the [Csus4][C]questions that [Csus4][C]surround me now[F]
If there's [C/F]somebody up [Bb/F][C]there, [F]could they [C/F]throw me down a [Bb/F]line
Just a little [C]guiding light to tell [Bb]wrong from right
Just some [Csus4][C]answers to the [Csus4][C]questions that I'm [Csus4]asking[C] you
I keep a [Bb]vigil [F/A]in a [Gm]wilderness of [Dm]mirrors
Where [Bb]nothing [F/A]here is [Gm]ever what it [Dm]seems
You [Bb]stand so [F/A]close but you [Gm]never [Dm]understand it
For [Bb]all that we [C/Bb]see is not [Bb]all that it [C/Bb]seems, am I [Dm]blind?
Verse
And you [Dm]sit there and talk revolution
But can you [Dm]tell me just who's in command?
When you [Gm]tell me the forces we're fighting
Then I'll [Bb]join you and gladly make plans
But for [Dm]now just our t-shirts cry freedom
And our [Dm]voices are gagged by our greed
Our [Gm]minds are harnessed by knowledge
By the [Bb]hill and the will to succeed
And if [Bb7/Ab]that's not what you believe
Would you [Gm]just let me know I'm not standing alone
That I'm not just a voice in the [F#sus2]crowd
Chorus
[F]If there's [C/F]somebody [Bb/F]up [C]there,[F] could they [C/F]throw me down a [Bb/F]line
Just a little [C]helping hand, just a little [Bb]understanding
Just some [Csus4][C]answers to the [Csus4][C]questions that [Csus4][C]surround me now[F]
If there's [C/F]somebody up [Bb/F][C]there, [F]could they [C/F]throw me down a [Bb/F]line
Just a little [C]guiding light to tell [Bb]wrong from right
Just some [Csus4][C]answers to the [Csus4][C]questions that I'm [Csus4]asking[C] you
I keep a [Bb]vigil [F/A]in a [Gm]wilderness of [Dm]mirrors
Where [Bb]nothing [F/A]here is [Gm]ever what it [Dm]seems
You're [Bb]reaching [F/A]out, you're [Gm]so close you can [Dm]touch it
But it [Bb]all [C/Bb]disappears when it's [Bb]always so [C/Bb]near
But one [Bb]day we will [C/Bb]find that we [Bb]stand in the [C/Bb]light
Chorus
Until [C]then I'll keep a [Bb]vigil [F/A]in a [Gm]wilderness of [Dm]mirrors
[Bb]Nothing [F/A]here is [Gm]ever what it [Dm]seems
I'm [Bb]scared to [F/A]shout in [Gm]case I draw [Dm]attention from the [Bb]powers
That [C/Bb]preside over our [Bb]minds and our [C/Bb]lives
When they [Bb]find what I [C/Bb]want is the [Bb]deadliest [C/Bb]weapon, that is [Dm]truth
Verse
[Dm]Day by day it's getting louder
And [Dm]day by day it's getting stronger
But when I can't [Bb]scream no more and I need [Dm/A]reassurance,
I listen to the [Ddim]crowd
Outro
[Ddim]And the boy stood and stared at the hill; and the hill - it stared back
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