Track was written & produced by Adam Young.
Chords Info
- Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
- Key: C
- Capo: 3rd fret
- Chords: D, G, Em, A, Bm, F#, F, Bb, G#, Dm, D#, C, E, F#m, B, C#m
- BPM: 107
- Suggested Strumming:
- D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord
Track Info
- Song: The Tornado
- Artist: Owl City
- Written by Adam Young
- Produced by Adam Young
- Album: Coco Moon
- Released Date: 24 March 2023
[Verse]
D It was just startin' to drizzle as
I walked out the door G But I've delivered papers in the
Em
rain like that before D 3:30 in the morning,
I was happy as a lark G As I grabbed my bike and
A D
rode into the dark D I peddled through the neighbourhood,
the weather on my mind G The wind was pickin' up and
Em
howling louder all the time D The sky turned like a cauldron and
the distant thunder roared G A D And I knew that I was in for quite a storm G A little rain never hurt no one,
A
so I kept pressing on D And I tried to tell myself,
G A
"It's always darkest before the dawn" [Verse]
D Lightning struck an oak tree as
I left off my bike G The siren started wailing but
Em
there was no good place to hide D I knew without a doubt,
there was a twister touching down G A So I crawled into a covert to
D
wait it out G The little bit of courage
A
I had left was almost gone D But I tried to tell myself,
G A
"It's always darkest before the dawn" [Verse]
G And then the nightmare started,
Bm
it got deafeningly loud D Every fibre in me screamed out but
A
I couldn't make a sound G The whirling of a vortex,
F# Bm
a violent carousel G It sounded like a freight train was
A
dragging me to heck [Instrumental]
G F F# Bm G F F# Bb G# A D Bb G# A Dm D# A And this was my prayer C Bb G A Em D G A Save me from this terrible nightmare [Verse]
G That was when I saw my family with
D A
my eyes shut real' tight G Would they know how much
I loved them
Bm A
if this was how I died? G D No, I vowed I'd not be murdered by a monster in
A Em D A
the sky that night G But if I went home to heaven,
A
at least that's where I'd belong D Yeah, I tried to tell myself,
G A
"It's always darkest before the dawn" D Bm G D Bm G So I kept hanging on D Bm G I kept hanging on [Instrumental]
D Bm
G A [Verse]
E The shadows slowly melted as
I was hunkered down A 'Till at last, the worst was over,
F#m
the storm was dying out E I crept out of that covert and
I went weak in the knees A 'Cause what I saw,
B E
was a somber sight to see E There was nothing but destruction
and wreckage in that town A Cars were upside down and
F#m
houses levelled to the ground E A twisted trampoline was
hangin' from the power line A I blinked a tear back as
B E
I felt lucky to be alive A And that was how I learned to live
E
when you can run but
B
you can't hide A How to feel trapped in a tunnel but
C#m B
come out the other side A E 'Cause with all the stormy weather in the world B You learnt to take life
C#m
one storm at a time,
A B
you don't have to be afraid A And now, when there's
B
bad weather on the way,
I stay calm E And I keep hanging on because
A B E C#m A E C#m A
it's always darkest before the dawn [Outro]
E C#m A E A And I keep hanging on E C#m A E A E I keep hanging on
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