Dan’s Big Awesome Acoustic Songbook

Sarah Ross - Calm Before the Storm

Originally in Em, I play in Em but sing the prechorus and chorus an octave down

Intro

EmEmEmEm/G

CCDD

Vox on the 5 on “it’s”

EmIt’s getting eerie quiet

Won’t stay like this for long

Even the crows start flying

CThey know, they Dknow what’s going on

EmYou could tell by the red sky

There’s something brewing

You had your chance to run and hide

CI guess, I Dguess you blew it

This is where I drop an octave, which is really staying about where I was

Am7The clouds are turning gray

CBetter pray for your saving graceG

DIt’s just a little too late

EmI hope when the lightning strikes

It hAits your right between the eyes

And when the Crain pours down, better hold your breath

Cause Dyou don’t know what’s coming next

When the tEmhunder screams across the sky

Gonna hAear my name in all your lies

CLook out boy, you’d better be wB7arned

This originally goes up to the 3, then way down to the 3, which is too much range for me; I just make my way *up* (not down) to the 1

This is the calm before the stoEmrm

EmOoh ooh ooh ooh ooh

Spoken

You hEmad my heart, you took it and ripped it apart

Now that it’s sEmo dark, you can’t even wish on a star

I hope the gEmod you’re praying to isn’t up to doin’ his part

UnleCss a tornado blow tDhrough your trailer park

EmPardon me if I sound a little too harsh

But your lEmove was my ocean, now you’re stuck in the marsh

EmOn his front porch, watching the sun fade

IntCo the pitch, black, of yDesterday

Am7The clouds are turning gray

CBetter pray for your saving graceG

DIt’s just a little too late

EmI hope when the lightning strikes

It hAits your right between the eyes

And when the Crain pours down, better hold your breath

Cause Dyou don’t know what’s coming next

When the tEmhunder screams across the sky

Gonna hAear my name in all your lies

CLook out boy, you’d better be wB7arned

This is the calm before the stoEmrm

EmOoh ooh oDoh ooh ooh

Ooh ooh oCoh ooh ooh

Oh ohB7

Bridge

EmThe sun’s gonna sDhine, the storm will subsCide

And I don’t cB7are if you made it out aliEmve

EmThe heart that you hDurt will be a lesson you leCarn

You’ll finally gB7et what you deserve

EmI hope when the lightning strikes

It hAits your right between the eyes

And when the Crain pours down, better hold your breath

Cause Dyou don’t know what’s coming next

When the tEmhunder screams across the sky

Gonna hAear my name in all your lies

CLook out boy, you’d better be wB7arned

This is the calm before the stoEmrm

EmOoh ooh ooh ooh ooh