The Tornado Chords by Owl City

[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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ℹ️ About This Song

Track was written & produced by Adam Young.

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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