Play the chords as open chords - apart from the B. This should really be B5, but
power chords don't sound great on acoustic guitars.
Strumming pattern goes 2 beats and a pause on the E, then 2 beats on both A & B.
On the bridge "Everyone...", just use a racing down strum.
Intro: E B A x4
E B A E
Morning, it’s another pure & grey morning
B A E
Don’t know what the day is holding
B A
When I get uptight
E B A (E)
And I walk right into the path of a lightning bolt
Link: (E)B A x2
E B A E
Sirens, of an ambulance comes howling
B A E
Right through the centre of town and
B A
No one blinks an eye
E B A (E)
And I look up to the sky in the path of a lighting bolt
Link: (E)B A x2
E B A E
Met her, as the angels parted for her
B A E
But she only brought me torture
B A
But that’s what happens
E B A (E)
When it’s you who’s standing in the path of a lightning bolt
Link: E A B E E E
A
Everyone I see just wants to walk with gritted teeth
E
But I just stand by and I wait my time
A
They say you gotta toe the line they want the water not the wine
E B A (E)
But when I see the signs I jump on that lightning bolt
(E) B A E
e|-7-7-7-10-12-12-10-12- -7-7-7-|
B|---------------------- x4 -------|
E B A E
Chances, people tell you not to take chances
B A E
When they tell you there aren't any answers
B A
And I was starting to agree
E B A (E)
But I woke up suddenly in the path of a lightning bolt
Link: (E)A B x2
E B A E
Fortune, people talking all about fortune
B A E
Do you make it or does it just call you
B A
In the blinking of an eye
E B A E
Just another passer by in the path of a lightning bolt
Link: E A B E E E
A
Everyone I see just wants to walk with gritted teeth
E
But I just stand by and I wait my time
A
They say you gotta toe the line they want the water not the wine
E B A (E)
But when I see the signs I jump on that lightning bolt
(E) B A E
e|-7-7-7-10-12-12-10-12- -7-7-7-|
B|---------------------- x4 -------|
E B A E
It was silent, I was lying back gazing skyward
B A E
When the moment got shattered
B A
I remembered what she said
E B A E
And then she fled in the path of a lightning bolt
Outro: E B A x3 E
