[Intro]
Dm C G
Dm C G
[Refrain]
Dm
In the eye of a hurricane
C G
There is quiet
Dm C
For just a moment
G
A yellow sky
Dm C
When I was seventeen a hurricane
G
Destroyed my town
Dm
I didn’t drown
C G
I couldn’t seem to die
[Verse]
F
I wrote my way out
(Fsus) F Dm
Wrote everything down far as I could see
(Fsus) F
I wrote my way out
(Fsus) F Csus
I looked up and the town had its eyes on me
C Dm
They passed a plate around
C/E
Total strangers
Dm/F Gsus G
Moved to kindness by my story
Dm F/C Bbmaj7
Raised enough for me to book passage on a
F/A (Csus) C
Ship that was New York bound…
[Bridge]
D5 F5
I wrote my way out of hell
G5
I wrote my way to revolution
A5 C5 D5
I was louder than the crack in the bell
(D5) F5 G5
I wrote Eliza love letters until she fell
A5 C5 D5
I wrote about The Constitution and defended it well
(D5) F5 G5
And in the face of ignorance and resistance
A5 C5 D5
I wrote financial systems into existence
F/A
And when my prayers to God were met with indifference
F/G G
I picked up a pen, I wrote my own deliverance
[Refrain]
Dm
In the eye of a hurricane
C G
There is quiet
Dm C
For just a moment
G
A yellow sky
Dm C
I was twelve when my mother died
G
She was holding me
Dm
We were sick and she was holding me
C G
I couldn’t seem to die
[Verse]
Dm
(Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it...)
Asus/E
I’ll write my way out
Dm/F Asus
Write ev’rything down, far as I can see
Dm
I’ll write my way out
Dm/E
Overwhelm them with honesty
Dm/F
This is the eye of the hurricane, this is the
G9 Dm/G
Only way I can protect my legacy!
Asus A7sus Dm
(Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait!)
