God Draws Straight

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As I left my house, as I walked out today
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Thought I walked out my marriage. Thought I walked out on grace
           F       Gm            Bb           C
As the dawn it was breaking at the end of the street
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I didn't know what would happen, didn't know what I'd see
         F                          A
I saw two transit buses blocked the road on our side
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Saw a couple of joggers who chanced to run by
          F            `Gm            Bb          C
Saw some soldiers come out and they mixed with the crowd
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Tears came to my eyes we’re just walking around

 CHORUS

            F     C    Bb      F   C         Bb
And there’re so many people - Everybody is here!
          F     C           Bb        F
I saw the girls from the office.
            C             Bb
I saw those guys from the street
          F                        A
You might think you are lost, but then you will find
     Dm  Bb    F             C            F     Bb    F   C
That god draws straight, but with crooked lines

VERSE 2

F                                 A
I saw a matron in white, her face lifted to heaven
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Saw nuns on their knees and some who were weeping
       F         Gm       Bb         C
Saw a middle-aged man and government clerk,
   Gm                   Bb
an Afromestizo held his rosary up

         F                   A
I saw nobody leave, I didn’t feel fear or terror
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It felt like a movie , like the end of an era
F          Gm        Bb    C
Nobody got hurt and nobody died
     Gm                      Bbm
I’ll remember this day, I’ll remember this time

CHORUS

             F   C    Bb       F  C         Bb
And there’re so many people - Everybody is here!
          F     C           Bb         F
I saw the girls from the office.
           C              Bb
I saw those guys from the street
          F                       A
You might think you are lost, but then you will find
     Dm    Bb      F         C            F   Bb    F   C
That god draws straight, but with crooked lines

VERSE 3

     F                         A
As I turned on my walkman, and all I could hear -
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every station was Marcos, he’s on every TV
    F              Gm              Bb    C
An appliance store window he fills every screen,
        Gm                      Bb
then the TVs went blank and his face disappeared
          F
Then the darkness it thickened,
          A
There was no time for choices
Gm                      Bbm
Half blind I ran, I was guided by voices
         F            Gm        Bb         C
When the choppers took off leaving Malacañang …
          Gm            Bbm
We knew it was over knew it was the end

CHORUS

           F     C    Bb       F           C         Bb
And there’re so many people - Everybody is here!

           F     C     Bb         F
I saw the girls from the office.
                    C     Bb
I saw those guys from the street
          F                       A
You might think you are lost, but then you will find
     Dm  Bb     F            C            F       Bb    F
That god draws straight, but with crooked lines
      Dm Bb     F            C            F
Yea, god draws straight, but with crooked lines

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