The Storm

THE STORM by GARTH BROOKS To be found on the CD : Scarecrow Written By Kent Blazy, Kim Williams and Garth Brooks Transcription by BahramK@gmx.de 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 D/A G F# Reluctantly releases the last of what was her past Bm D/A Bm D/A It struck without a warning or did she just ignore the signs Bm D/A G F# In those dark clouds forming behind her silver lines Refrain : G A F# Bm And the door it slammed like thunder, and the tears they fell like rain A G A F# Bm And the warnings from her family whirl like a hurricane A G A F# Bm Oh she's drowning in emotions and she cannot reach the shore A G F# She's alive but can she survive the Storm Fill : Bm - - - D/A - - - Bm - - - D/A - - - Strum the last chord Verse 2 : Bm D/A Bm D/A A broken jewel box dancer lies in pieces down the hall Bm D/A G F# She's finding out the answers don't change nothing at all Bm D/A Bm D/A It's time that she stopped searching for who's to blame or what went wrong Bm D/A G F# The only thing for certain is he's gone, she's got to move on Refrain : G A F# Bm Then the door was slammed like thunder, and the tears they fall like rain A G A F# Bm And the warnings from her family whirl like a hurricane A G A F# Bm Oh she's drowning in emotions but she cannot reach the shore A G F# She's alive but can she survive the Storm Fill : Bm - - - D/A - - - Bm - - - D/A - - - Bm - - - D/A - - - G - - - F# - - - Bridge : D A A/C# Someday days just roll on by without a gray cloud in the Bm Bm/A G A ( Bm A/C# ) sky, she keeps telling herself "I will make it on my own" and her D A A/C# Friend's they've all gone back to their lives thinking she will be all Bm Bm/A G F# right as she races through the night to make it home Refrain : G A F# Bm And the door it slamms like thunder, and the tears they fall like rain A G A F# Bm And the warnings from her family whirl like a hurricane A G A F# Bm Oh she's drowning in emotions but she cannot reach the shore A G F# She's alive but can she survive The Storm Fill : Bm - - - D/A - - - Bm - - - D/A - - - Bm - - - D/A - - - G - - - F# - - - Outro : Bm D/A Bm D/A She sits among the pieces of broken glass and photographs Bm D/A G F# Reluctantly releases the last of what was her 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 : DBBA/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 ----