Capo 2
C C/B Am Am/G B
Somewhere in Vietnam a nineteen year old soldier stumbled from a bar room
B B/A B/G B/F C
He said I must be seeing things, that bourbon hit me like a baseball bat
C C/B Am Am/G D
In Belfast, Ireland a little lady dropped a shovel in her garden
B B/A B/G B/F C
As she raced across her yard and asked her neighbor Mrs. Clancy "What was that?"
C C/B Am Am/G B
In Memphis, Tennessee a teacher raised the window closest to the river
B B/A B/G B/F C
And the children in her classroom swore they heard a choir singin down the street
C C/B Am Am/G B
In Washington, D.C. a private secretary's lips began to quiver
B B/A B/G B/F C
And the President just put aside some papers and rose quickly to his feet
D D/C# D/B D/A C
I lay in a cheap motel in the arms of someone else's woman
C C/B Am Am/G D
When a loud explosion rocked the room and turned the morning into night
D D/C# D/B D/A C
I jumped out of bed and ran into the street with hardly any clothes on
C C/B Am Am/G D
And as the sky lit up my heart stood still and I could feel my face turn white
Bridge:
G G/F# Em D
All at once the clouds rolled back and there stood Jesus Christ in all his glory
D D/C# D/B D/A A E A
And I realized the saddest eyes I'd ever seen were lookin straight at me
C C/B Am Am/G D
I guess I was awakened by the penetrating sound of my own screaming
B B/A B/G B/F C
It didn't take me long to stumble out of bed and fall down on my knees
C C/B Am Am/G D
As tears rolled down my face I cried "Dear God I'm thankful I was only dreaming
B B/A B/G B/F C
If I never go to hell Lord it’ll be because you scared it out of me
