Play the chords as open chords - apart from the B. This should really be B5, but
power chords don't sound great on acoustic guitars.
Strumming pattern goes 2 beats and a pause on the E, then 2 beats on both A & B.
On the bridge "Everyone...", just use a racing down strum.
Intro: E B A x4
EBAE
Morning, it?s another pure & grey morning
BAE
Don?t know what the day is holding
BA
When I get uptight
EBA (E)
And I walk right into the path of a lightning bolt
Link: (E)B A x2
EBAE
Sirens, of an ambulance comes howling
BAE
Right through the centre of town and
BA
No one blinks an eye
EBA (E)
And I look up to the sky in the path of a lighting bolt
Link: (E)B A x2
EBAE
Met her, as the angels parted for her
BAE
But she only brought me torture
BA
But that?s what happens
EBA (E)
When it?s you who?s standing in the path of a lightning bolt
Link: E A B E E E
A
Everyone I see just wants to walk with gritted teeth
E
But I just stand by and I wait my time
A
They say you gotta toe the line they want the water not the wine
EBA (E)
But when I see the signs I jump on that lightning bolt
(BAE
e|-7-7-7-10-12-12-10-12- -7-7-7-|
B|---------------------- x4 -------|
EBAE
Chances, people tell you not to take chances
BAE
When they tell you there aren't any answers
BA
And I was starting to agree
EBA (E)
But I woke up suddenly in the path of a lightning bolt
Link: (E)A B x2
EBAE
Fortune, people talking all about fortune
BAE
Do you make it or does it just call you
BA
In the blinking of an eye
EBAE
Just another passer by in the path of a lightning bolt
Link: E A B E E E
A
Everyone I see just wants to walk with gritted teeth
E
But I just stand by and I wait my time
A
They say you gotta toe the line they want the water not the wine
EBA (E)
But when I see the signs I jump on that lightning bolt
(BAE
e|-7-7-7-10-12-12-10-12- -7-7-7-|
B|---------------------- x4 -------|
EBAE
It was silent, I was lying back gazing skyward
BAE
When the moment got shattered
BA
I remembered what she said
EBAE
And then she fled in the path of a lightning bolt
Outro: E B A x3 E