B
Lord
F#
Show me a sign
B
That you’re still there
E
That you still care
B
That you’re still with me
F#
That you still know me
E F#
Before I resign
B
Show me a sign
B
I can’t laugh
G#m
I can’t weep
B
Five nights in a row now
F#
Not a second of sleep
E
Is there something
G#m
You want me to know
E F#
Well I wish you’d tell me what
B
Give me some kind of show
B
How ‘bout a meteor
G#m
Or a shooting star
B
Or even a drunk
F#
Getting thrown out of the bar
E
I’m getting impatient
G#m
And hope is expensive
E
And I’m running low on
F# B
Everything these days
B
The waters are rising
G#m
And the world is on fire
B
We’re all just gasoline
F#
For the funeral pyre
E
In the palaces morons
G#m
In the hospitals ghouls
E F#
Murderers in the towns
B
Rats in the schools
B
Armies of zombies
G#m
And the generals fishing
B
And baby Jesus
F#
On a suicide mission
E
And little Mohammed
G#m
Lifeless and brown
E F#
And drowning faceless scarecrows
B
Wearing the crown
B
Ten thousand whistlers
G#m
Off-track and off-tune
B
Sixteen drummers
F#
Wearing some kind of rune
E
Some kind of amulet
G#m
Some pre-Christian cross
E F#
And one man’s lucky roll
B
Is another man’s loss
B
Lord, you should have been there
G#m
Last Saturday night
B
I broke a couple barstools
F#
And I broke up a fight
E
I broke three fingers
G#m
They looked kind of Egyptian
E F#
And the doctor wouldn’t see me
B
Without a prescription
B
If this is how
G#m
It’s all gonna go
B
I might as well pile up
F#
Frequent flier miles and lay low
E
I might as well buy up
G#m
Some spiritual trinkets
E F#
Line the walls with paint
B
And start to drink it
B
It’s hard to believe
G#m
It’s goin’ down so fast
B
When Einstein died
F#
He thought you built it to last
E
But they threw him in a hole
G#m
And they stole his brain
E
And three days later
F# B
It washed up again in the rain
B
Lord, I’ll make you a bargain
G#m
I’ll cut you a deal
B
They can cut off my eyelids
F#
And I won’t squeal
E
I won’t spill your secrets
G#m
My soul’s locked tight
E
Just please let me
F# B
Get a little sleep tonight
B
Fifty thousand horses
G#m
Ten thousand sheep
B
I’d trade ‘em all
F#
For just a second of sleep
E
The kind with dreams though
G#m
You gotta have dreams
E F#
I’ve heard about what happens
B
At the other extreme
B
Yeah without them dreams
G#m
You go insane
B
It’s like having mayonnaise
F#
Shot into your brain
E
But maybe I’m the exception
G#m
Every dog has its day
E F#
Maybe I’m a brand new species
B
What do you say
B G#m B F# E G#m E F# B
B
So look out the window
G#m
Might be something out there
B
Maybe something to read
F#
Here’s a Vanity Fair
E
Winter is coming
G#m
That’s a relief
E F#
And I’m willing to go on faith
B
But I’m past belief
B G#m B F# E G#m E F# B
(lyrics: Dan Bern)