Lightning Storm Chords & Tabs
Title: "The Lightning Storm"
Artist: Flogging Molly
Album: Float (2008)
Tabbed by Justin Shaffer (shaffj9086@clarkstate.edu)
Notes: The only other tab that currently exists for this song is missing the
and bridge parts, has a couple of wrong chords, and also has some incorrect lyrics. This is the
song, and I'm fairly certain that the lyrics and chords are all 100% correct. Enjoy!
Intro:
Am G Am C G Am
Verse 1:
Am F C
This lonely existence paves the way
Am G F
For the heart of hearts must beat be brave
Am F C
While this quiet lightning storm
Am G F
Wrecks the harvest gold we try to sow
Chorus 1:
C
And so it begins
Em F
The way the blood still dances
C
Beneath the skin
Em F
As the messenger from Hell says
C
"We're bound to win"
G F
As the days they come, but the years they go
Am F
So take care of your freedom
C
They'll never know
Interlude:
Am G Am C G Am
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/flogging_molly/lightning_storm_crd_ver_2.html ]
Verse 2:
Am F C
I sit on the wing for a blackbird's song
Am G F
To tell me where and when this all went wrong
Am F C
There's no resolution without remorse
Am G
With ignorance bliss defend
F
"Let's stay the course"
Chorus 2:
C
Puncture the skin
Em F
And see its blood run cold
C
On desert sand
Em F
Come hear the men from mothers
C
With childless hands
G F
As the days they come, but the years they go
Am F
So take care of your freedom
C
They'll never know
Am F
So take good care of your freedom
Am
They'll never know
Bridge:
F C
Am F C
Am F C
Am F C
Chorus 3:
C
Take what you give
Em F
Until there's nothing left
C
But forever live
Em F C
And night descends on shadows without their kill
G F
As the days they come, but the years they go
Am F
So take care of your freedom
C
They'll never know
Am F
Yeah take good care of your freedom
Am
They'll never know
Outro:
Am
G F
But the days they come, but the years they go
Am F
So take care of your freedom
C
They'll never know