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[Verse 1]
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So, stand in line and state your name,
                                    D7
The first one's sacred, the rest profane,
               G                     C
Speak and make lightning and then confess,
             G       D7           G
Her children rise up and call her blessed.


[Verse 2]
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Shards of bone scattered cross the clearing,
                                  D7
The fears she had were well worth fearing,
    G                                 C
I'm pacing and worrying all night and day,
                     G          D7             G
Neither you nor your momma do a single thing I say.


[Chorus 1]
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Speak and make lightning and it will pass,
                                          D
Speak and make lightning and I will stand fast,
      G                      C
On an icy road north of Edmonton,
               G         D                   G
Speak and make lightning friend, and it will come.


[Verse 3]
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I wanna kiss your cheek, I wanna hold you tight,
                                         D7
But you took your pills and you're out tonight,
               G                     C
Speak and make lightning, forget the rest,
    G         D7                  G
And enter the fields of the fatherless.


[Verse 4]
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I lost almost everything, so I'm almost free,
                                                 D7
I was trying to tell you, you wouldn't listen to me,
    G                                     C
I'm driving up the hill to a place others call my home,
G    D7               G
Hu, it's just where I go.


[Chorus 2]
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Speak and make lightning and it will pass,
                                          D
Speak and make lightning and I will stand fast,
        G                           C
Tell me how bad you really want it, son,
               G         D           G
Speak and make lightning and it will come.


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 5]
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If you can't stand me, you'll hate my replacement,
                                  D7
All my heroes are late with their payments,
               G                      C
Speak and make lightning, remember my face,
    G            D7      G
And spoil not my resting place.


[Verse 6]
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Line to the horizon, first man to last,
                                  D7
On a warm autumn day I lay in the grass,
             G               C
The house is quiet, a silent wind,
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Love covers all sins.


[Chorus 3]
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Speak and make lightning and it will pass,
                                    D
Speak and make lightning and I will stand fast,
       G                            C
In the attic there's an old Gatling gun,
               G         D                   G
Speak and make lightning friend, and it will come.


[Outro]
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