THE STORM by GARTH BROOKS
To be found on the CD : Scarecrow
Written By Kent Blazy, Kim Williams and Garth Brooks
Transcription by [email protected]
Comments welcome
Intro : Bm - - - D/A - - - Bm - - - D/A - - -
Bm - - - D/A - - - G - - - F# - - -
Verse 1 :
Bm D/A Bm D/A ( Single D and C# Note )
She sits among the pieces of broken glass and photographs
[Bm]Reluctantly rel[D/A]eases the l[G]ast of what was her [F#]past
[Bm]It struck without a w[D/A]arning[Bm] or did she just ig[D/A]nore the signs
[Bm]In those dark clouds f[D/A]orming beh[G]ind her silver [F#]lines
Refrain :
And the [G]door it slammed like th[A]under, and the t[F#]ears they fell like r[Bm]ain
[A]And the w[G]arnings from her f[A]amily whirl l[F#]ike a hurri[Bm]cane
[A]Oh she's dr[G]owning in em[A]otions and she c[F#]annot reach the s[Bm]hore
[A]She's al[G]ive but can she sur[F#]vive the Storm
Fill : Bm - - - D/A - - - Bm - - - D/A - - - Strum the last chord
Verse 2 :
[Bm]A broken jewel box d[D/A]ancer [Bm]lies in pieces [D/A]down the hall
[Bm]She's finding out the a[D/A]nswers don't ch[G]ange nothing at [F#]all
[Bm]It's time that she stopped s[D/A]earching [Bm]for who's to blame or [D/A]what went wrong
[Bm]The only thing for c[D/A]ertain is he's g[G]one, she's got to move [F#]on
Refrain :
Then the [G]door was slammed like t[A]hunder, and the [F#]tears they fall like [Bm]rain
[A]And the w[G]arnings from her f[A]amily whirl l[F#]ike a hurri[Bm]cane
[A]Oh she's dr[G]owning in em[A]otions but she c[F#]annot reach the s[Bm]hore
[A]She's al[G]ive but can she sur[F#]vive the Storm
Fill : Bm - - - D/A - - - Bm - - - D/A - - -
Bm - - - D/A - - - G - - - F# - - -
Bridge :
[D]Someday days just roll on [A]by without a [A/C#]gray cloud in the
[Bm]sky, she keeps t[Bm/A]elling herself "[G]I will make it [A]on m[(]y [Bm]own"[A/C#] and [)]her
[D]Friend's they've all gone back to their [A]lives thinking [A/C#]she will be all
[Bm]right as she [Bm/A]races through the n[G]ight to make it [F#]home
Refrain :
And the [G]door it slamms like thu[A]nder, and the te[F#]ars they fall like ra[Bm]in
[A]And the w[G]arnings from her f[A]amily whirl l[F#]ike a hurri[Bm]cane
[A]Oh she's dr[G]owning in em[A]otions but she c[F#]annot reach the s[Bm]hore
[A]She's al[G]ive but can she sur[F#]vive The Storm
Fill : Bm - - - D/A - - - Bm - - - D/A - - -
Bm - - - D/A - - - G - - - F# - - -
Outro :
[Bm]She sits among the [D/A]pieces [Bm]of broken glass and p[D/A]hotographs
[Bm]Reluctantly rel[D/A]eases the l[G]ast of what was her [F#]past
Comments : I hope that this transcription comes pretty close to the original
recording. The D/A Chord can be also played as a Bm7/A Chord on the piano.
But to make the song easier you can also go on and play a standard A Chord
instead of the D/A Chord. Doesn't sound much different, but is quite a lot
easier to play.
Additional Chords :
[D/A] [Bm7/A] [B/A] [A/C#]
e 2 -x-- e 2 - -- e 2 -x-- e 0 ----
b 3 --x- b 3 - X- b 2 --x- b 2 -x--
g 2 -x-- g 2 - -- g 3 ---x g 2 -x--
D 4 ---x D 4 ---x D 4 ---x D 2 -x--
A 0 ---- A 0 ---- A 0 ---- A 4 ---x
E x ---- E x ---- E x ---- E x ----
To be found on the CD : Scarecrow
Written By Kent Blazy, Kim Williams and Garth Brooks
Transcription by [email protected]
Comments welcome
Intro : Bm - - - D/A - - - Bm - - - D/A - - -
Bm - - - D/A - - - G - - - F# - - -
Verse 1 :
Bm D/A Bm D/A ( Single D and C# Note )
She sits among the pieces of broken glass and photographs
[Bm]Reluctantly rel[D/A]eases the l[G]ast of what was her [F#]past
[Bm]It struck without a w[D/A]arning[Bm] or did she just ig[D/A]nore the signs
[Bm]In those dark clouds f[D/A]orming beh[G]ind her silver [F#]lines
Refrain :
And the [G]door it slammed like th[A]under, and the t[F#]ears they fell like r[Bm]ain
[A]And the w[G]arnings from her f[A]amily whirl l[F#]ike a hurri[Bm]cane
[A]Oh she's dr[G]owning in em[A]otions and she c[F#]annot reach the s[Bm]hore
[A]She's al[G]ive but can she sur[F#]vive the Storm
Fill : Bm - - - D/A - - - Bm - - - D/A - - - Strum the last chord
Verse 2 :
[Bm]A broken jewel box d[D/A]ancer [Bm]lies in pieces [D/A]down the hall
[Bm]She's finding out the a[D/A]nswers don't ch[G]ange nothing at [F#]all
[Bm]It's time that she stopped s[D/A]earching [Bm]for who's to blame or [D/A]what went wrong
[Bm]The only thing for c[D/A]ertain is he's g[G]one, she's got to move [F#]on
Refrain :
Then the [G]door was slammed like t[A]hunder, and the [F#]tears they fall like [Bm]rain
[A]And the w[G]arnings from her f[A]amily whirl l[F#]ike a hurri[Bm]cane
[A]Oh she's dr[G]owning in em[A]otions but she c[F#]annot reach the s[Bm]hore
[A]She's al[G]ive but can she sur[F#]vive the Storm
Fill : Bm - - - D/A - - - Bm - - - D/A - - -
Bm - - - D/A - - - G - - - F# - - -
Bridge :
[D]Someday days just roll on [A]by without a [A/C#]gray cloud in the
[Bm]sky, she keeps t[Bm/A]elling herself "[G]I will make it [A]on m[(]y [Bm]own"[A/C#] and [)]her
[D]Friend's they've all gone back to their [A]lives thinking [A/C#]she will be all
[Bm]right as she [Bm/A]races through the n[G]ight to make it [F#]home
Refrain :
And the [G]door it slamms like thu[A]nder, and the te[F#]ars they fall like ra[Bm]in
[A]And the w[G]arnings from her f[A]amily whirl l[F#]ike a hurri[Bm]cane
[A]Oh she's dr[G]owning in em[A]otions but she c[F#]annot reach the s[Bm]hore
[A]She's al[G]ive but can she sur[F#]vive The Storm
Fill : Bm - - - D/A - - - Bm - - - D/A - - -
Bm - - - D/A - - - G - - - F# - - -
Outro :
[Bm]She sits among the [D/A]pieces [Bm]of broken glass and p[D/A]hotographs
[Bm]Reluctantly rel[D/A]eases the l[G]ast of what was her [F#]past
Comments : I hope that this transcription comes pretty close to the original
recording. The D/A Chord can be also played as a Bm7/A Chord on the piano.
But to make the song easier you can also go on and play a standard A Chord
instead of the D/A Chord. Doesn't sound much different, but is quite a lot
easier to play.
Additional Chords :
[D/A] [Bm7/A] [B/A] [A/C#]
e 2 -x-- e 2 - -- e 2 -x-- e 0 ----
b 3 --x- b 3 - X- b 2 --x- b 2 -x--
g 2 -x-- g 2 - -- g 3 ---x g 2 -x--
D 4 ---x D 4 ---x D 4 ---x D 2 -x--
A 0 ---- A 0 ---- A 0 ---- A 4 ---x
E x ---- E x ---- E x ---- E x ----
