GB
As I left my house, as I walked out today
AmCm
Thought I walked out my marriage. Thought I walked out on grace
GAmCD
As the dawn it was breaking at the end of the street
AmC
I didn't know what would happen, didn't know what I'd see
GB
I saw two transit buses blocked the road on our side
AmCm
Saw a couple of joggers who chanced to run by
G `GmCD
Saw some soldiers come out and they mixed with the crowd
AmCm
Tears came to my eyes we’re just walking around
Chorus
GDCGDC
And there’re so many people - Everybody is here!
GDCG
I saw the girls from the office
DC
I saw those guys from the street
GB
You might think you are lost, but then you will find
EmCGDGCGD
That god draws straight, but with crooked lines
Verse 2
GB
I saw a matron in white, her face lifted to heaven
AmCm
Saw nuns on their knees and some who were weeping
GAmCD
Saw a middle-aged man and government clerk
AmC
An Afromestizo held his rosary up
GB
I saw nobody leave, I didn’t feel fear or terror
AmCm
It felt like a movie , like the end of an era
GAmCD
Nobody got hurt and nobody died
AmCm
I’ll remember this day, I’ll remember this time
Chorus
GDCGDC
And there’re so many people - Everybody is here!
GDCG
I saw the girls from the office
DC
I saw those guys from the street
GB
You might think you are lost, but then you will find
EmCGDGCGD
That god draws straight, but with crooked lines
Verse 3
GB
As I turned on my walkman, and all I could hear -
AmCm
Every station was Marcos, he’s on every TV
GAmCD
An appliance store window he fills every screen
AmC
Then the TVs went blank and his face disappeared
G
Then the darkness it thickened
B
There was no time for choices
AmCm
Half blind I ran, I was guided by voices
GAmCD
When the choppers took off leaving Malacañang
AmCm
We knew it was over knew it was the end
Chorus
GDCGDC
And there’re so many people - Everybody is here!
GDCG
I saw the girls from the office
DC
I saw those guys from the street
GB
You might think you are lost, but then you will find
EmCGDGCG
That god draws straight, but with crooked lines
EmCGDG
Yea, god draws straight, but with crooked lines