Allister - Alone Chords

Allister
Before The Black Out
2005

Key: B

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
B     x24442
F#    244322
G#m   466444
E     022100


Intro: B  E  G#m  E F#   x2


Verse 1:
          B
I've been driving this road
for the third straight day
          G#m
These are thoughts from the
past not to pick my brain
    F#
And now I feel I'm
                 E
screaming to the world
         B
Cuz this highways
going nowhere
        G#m
And the lines have
all been blurred
       F#
By the rains falling
                 E
down in front of me


Refrain 1:
G#m
   So I clear the
E
windshield just to find
        B
Another cross to mark
                 F#
the passing of a life
       G#m
It's a crystal clear 
reminder That all
E
things come to an end
      G#m
And I wonder when that
E        F#
end will come for 


Chorus 1:
 B
 me When the lights go down
G#m
   And the clocks time out
F#
   And the bells just
      E
don't chime anymore
B
  It's a tragedy
G#m
   that we can't see
F#
   Our lives on the 
      E
other side of every 
        B  E  G#m  E F# 
single smile


Verse 2:
          B
I've been asking myself
for the third straight night
           G#m
If there's truth in the
writings that shape
              F#
our lives and Now I feel I'm
                 E
screaming to the world
         B
Do these sermons
run in circles
          G#m
Are they spoken
    F#
To erase the
                    E
thoughts of insecurity


Refrain 2:
G#m
   And maybe were just
E
never meant to find
           B
The answer to the
question we've 
           F#
all kept inside
        G#m
Give me something
to believe in
        E
Give me anything at all
          G#m
Cuz right now this world
     E          F#
just feels like i'ts too 


Chorus 2:
  B
 small When the lights go down
G#m
   And the clocks time out
F#
   And the bells just
      E
don't chime anymore
B
  It's a tragedy
G#m
   that we can't see
F#
   Our lives on the 
      E
other side of every
single smile


Interlude: B  G#m  F#  E F# B(hold)


Bridge:
B
  I wont cry
G#m
   Not tonight
F#             E
  I won't back down 
without a fight
B
  I wont cry
G#m
   Not tonight
F#             E(hold)
  I won't back down 


Chorus 3:
B
  When the lights go down
G#m
   And the clocks time out
F#
   And the bells just
      E
don't chime anymore
B
  It's a tragedy
G#m
   that we can't see
F#
   Our lives on the 
      E
other side of every
        B
single smile
When the lights go down
G#m
   And the clocks
        F#
time out
             E
I won't back down
          B
without a fight
It's a tragedy
G#m
   that we can't see
F#            E
  I won't lie down 
          B(hold)
without a fight