God Draws Straight

G                         B
As I left my house, as I walked out 
today
               Am                
Thought I walked out my marriage. 
          Cm
Thought I walked out on grace
           G       Am            
As the dawn it was breaking at 
C           D
the end of the street
          Am                    
I didn't know what would happen, 
        C
didn't know what I'd see
         G                         
I saw two transit buses blocked the
 B
 road on our side
          Am                       
Saw a couple of joggers who chanced
Cm
 to run by
          G            `Gm        
Saw some soldiers come out and 
    C          D
they mixed with the crowd
       Am                       
Tears came to my eyes we’re just 
Cm
walking around

 Chorus

            G     D    C   
And there’re so many people - 
   G   D         C
Everybody is here!
          G     D           C    
I saw the girls from the office
    G

            D             C
I saw those guys from the street
          G                      
You might think you are lost, but 
  B
then you will find
     Em  C    G             D   
That god draws straight, but 
         G     C    G   D
with crooked lines

Verse 2

G                                 
I saw a matron in white, her face 
B
lifted to heaven
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    Am                      Cm
Saw nuns on their knees and some who
 were weeping
       G         Am       C      
Saw a middle-aged man and 
   D
government clerk
   Am                   C
An Afromestizo held his rosary up
         G                   B
I saw nobody leave, I didn’t feel 
fear or terror
   Am                           Cm
It felt like a movie , like the end 
of an era
G          Am        C    D
Nobody got hurt and nobody died
     Am                     
I’ll remember this day, I’ll 
 Cm
remember this time

Chorus

             G   D    C    
And there’re so many people - 
   G  D         C
Everybody is here!
          G     D           C    
I saw the girls from the office
     G

           D              C
I saw those guys from the street
          G                       
You might think you are lost, but 
B
then you will find
     Em    C      G         D   
That god draws straight, but 
         G   C    G   D
with crooked lines

Verse 3

     G                         B
As I turned on my walkman, and all I
 could hear -
      Am                          
Every station was Marcos, he’s on 
Cm
every TV
    G              Am              
An appliance store window he fills 
C    D
every screen
        Am                      C
Then the TVs went blank and his face
 disappeared
          G
Then the darkness it thickened
          B
There was no time for choices
Am                      Cm
Half blind I ran, I was guided by 
voices
         G            Am        C
When the choppers took off 
         D
leaving Malacañang
          Am            Cm
We knew it was over knew it was the 
end

Chorus

           G     D    C    
And there’re so many people - 
   G           D         C
Everybody is here!
           G     D     C         G
I saw the girls from the office
                    D     C
I saw those guys from the street
          G                       
You might think you are lost, but 
B
then you will find
     Em  C     G            D   
That god draws straight, but 
         G       C    G
with crooked lines
      Em C     G            D   
Yea, god draws straight, but 
         G
with crooked lines