(Capo 3)

EmNine (022000@1)hours passed and how long will it last
          G (320003@1)                    A (x02220@1)                 (B)                         
says the man with the plan and a gun in his hand.
     EmHe's (022000@1)scared but prepared it might be as he feared
           G (320003@1)                A (x02220@1)                     (B)                         
are they still in control, and safe behind the wall.
       EmThis (022000@1)evening's too quiet, oh we need a real riot
    G (320003@1)                      A (x02220@1)                  (B)                         
to shake and to break and to bite like a snake.
       EmWe're (022000@1)stuck in this attic so bored and so static,
    G (320003@1)                                   A (x02220@1)   B (x2444x@1)tomorrow they'll ask us to throw off our masks.
         Em (022000@1)                         (G)
But the storm is a'coming 'cross the hills tonight,
         C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)          Dlike (xx0232@1)a vein full of rain to the hearts that should fight.
      Em (022000@1)                        GThe (320003@1)storm is a'coming 'cross the hills tonight,
        C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)               Emlike (022000@1)a vein full of rain to the hearts that should fight.



EmMary's (022000@1)like me she's a loser to be,
       G (320003@1)                   A (x02220@1)                           (B)                         
got a lock on her door and a bed on the floor.
           EmThey (022000@1)will know they will win and then they'll come in.
          G (320003@1)                     A (x02220@1)        (B)                           
There's nothing you could say to lead them astray.
     EmWe (022000@1)still live in silence like sworn threats of violence.
    G (320003@1)                      A (x02220@1)                                  (B)                         
I long for an end and it's coming round the bend.
       EmIf (022000@1)we live through this night and we'd still be all right.
      G (320003@1)              A (x02220@1)                               BWe'd (x2444x@1)flee to Siam or a bar in Amsterdam.

Em (022000@1)                          G (320003@1)But the storm is a'coming 'cross the hills tonight,
          C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)like a vein full of rain to the hearts that should fight.
       Em (022000@1)                        G (320003@1)The storm is a'coming 'cross the hills tonight,
         C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)           Em (022000@1)like a vein full of rain to the hearts that should fight.