Handyman/Poet (Within The Storm)

Written by Conni Leigh and Chris Dean
Capo 3 (capo 4 on half step tuning), Key of F, 107 bpm

[INTRO, pick these]
D G A G, D G A Em

[VERSE 1]
You spent a long time looking at the stars that night
As the universe turned
Quite hours of breath and light
Til the ightning burned

Within the thunder you found a way
For the muse to sing
Then the crash would come and the darker days
Colored everything

[PRECHORUS ]
A life in search… of compromise… sweet freedom from the lows and highs
The cycles that scarred you… the peace you built at such a price

[CHORUS]
You wrote your poems withinnnn the storms   
In the chaos where the words are born     
Took up a hammer when the dark days came
And tried to build something with the pain

[INTERLUDE]

[VERSE 2]
Some days your thoughts were racing like a restless wind
And your demons raged,
But The pills that gave you back your life again
Kept the passion caged [made all the colors fade]

[PRE CHORUS 2]
A life in search… of compromise… sweet freedom from the lows and highs
The cycles that scarred you… you found your peace but the muses died [or, you paid the price]

[CHORUS 2]
You wrote your poems within the storms   
Wild chaos where the words were born 
Took up a hammer when the dark days came 
And tried to build something….. with  the pain  

[SHORT INTERLUDE]
Bm G D, Bm G A

[BRIDGE]
You built a family from all the friends who ever knew you
A Ray of grace, a foundation laid 
When the storms cut through you  …. (storms cut through you)

[CHORUS 3]
You wrote your poems within the storms   
In the chaos where the words were born     
Took up a hammer when dark days came 
And tried to build something….. with  the pain

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