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Look and Wait
Ben Strunk (All rights reserved)
Intro
G Em C D

Verse 1
G                    Em
Life passes in canvases of stars
C                                D
Never stopping for a single broken heart
G                               Em
Some find this life a long and lonely road
C                                 D
Too busy to watch the fires as they glow

Verse 2
G                                 Em
Brand new designs in every midnight sky
C                                       D
Watch over those who’ve found the traps of life
G                                       Em
It may seem like this day could be the last
C                                       D
But time goes on with every beat of the chest


Chorus:
G                      D                               C
Some days it’s cloudy, some days it rains
                          Em                                    G
some days your down, some days your in pain
                       D                                 C
The stars will guide you, it’s not too late
            D                      G     D     G
If you trust in them to look and wait

G D G Em C D

Verse 3
G                            Em
Roads swerve and alliances divide
C                                         D
Take a breath and put your faith in the skies
G                                    Em
Though the mists may block many wary stares
C                                   D
Keep watching and the stars will appear

Chorus

G D G C D

Bridge
G                                 Em
A thousand steps still staring at the ground
C                           D
All it takes is one good look around

Chorus

G D G Em C D

Ending: (slowing down)
G                            Em
Roads swerve and alliances divide
C                                         D
Take a breath and put your faith in the skies.

G

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First time posting. Let me know what you think. Thanks.

Night From Hell
Ben Strunk (all rights reserved)

Verse (starts slow)
      Em   D                C       G
In a tiny room of this busy world.
Em             D               G                 C
I wrote this song as the clock stood still
     Em        D               C       G
My past falls back but it never dies
       Em          D               G            C
The memories live in your gleaming eyes

Em D C G Em D G C

Verse
  Em    D             C          G
I lie awake to the tune of hope
       Em            D              G              C
To a brand new day and a change of soul
      Em            D             C     G
But notes don’t change to fit a song
        Em       D            G            C
They bind in chains my world to harm.

Chorus: (faster and more powerful than the verses)
            Em         D            C      G
And the rain falls down without a cloud
          Em  D                 G             C
In this tiny room on this night from hell
            Em   D                 C       G
And the fires burn with no end in sight
      Em  D              G       C       
The city sleeps as I sing tonight

Em D C G Em D G C

Verse
      Em            D               C              G
The lights burn out and the stars don’t shine
       Em    D                         G           C
The music keeps me in some frame of mind.
       Em     D                    C            G
The guitar strings begin to sting my thumb
     Em       D                        G             C
But I keep strumming till the pain goes numb

Chorus

Em D G C (Cutoff on C)

Verse
(soft and slow)
      Em   D               C       G
In a tiny room of this busy world.
   Em          D               G               C
I wrote this song as the clock stood still
      Em            D               C              G
The lights burn out and the stars don’t shine
      Em     D                         G            C
The music keeps me in some frame of mind.

Chorus


Ending:
            Em         D            C      G
And the rain falls down without a cloud
       Em  D                G               C
In a tiny room on this night from hell

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