[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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'Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood
     E               B          A
When blackness was a virtue the road was full of mud
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I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form
     E                       B    A                E
Come in, she said, I'll give ya   shelter from the storm

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[Verse 2]
       E                B        A           E
And if I pass this way again you can rest assured
     E            B                A
I'll always do my best for her, on that I give my word
     E                   B                     A
In a world of steel-eyed death and men who are fighting to be warm
     E                       B    A                E
Come in, she said, I'll give ya   shelter from the storm

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[Verse 3]
      E                B                   A               E
Not a word was spoke between us, there was little risk involved
E                  B                   A
  Everything up to that point had been left unresolved
E          B                       A
  Try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm
     E                       B      A              E
Come in, she said, I'll give ya   shelter from the storm

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[Verse 4]
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I was burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail
E                 B                A
  Poisoned in the bushes and blown out on the trail
E               B            A
  Hunted like a crocodile, ravaged in the corn
     E                       B    A                E
Come in, she said, I'll give ya   shelter from the storm

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[Verse 5]
E            B                 A                E
  Suddenly I turned around and she was standing there
     E                B                 A
With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair
    E                  B              A
She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns
     E                       B    A                E
Come in, she said, I'll give ya   shelter from the storm

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[Verse 6]
E                    B         A                      E
Now there's a wall between us, somethin' there's been lost
E                   B           A
I took too much for granted, I got my signals crossed
E                     B               A
Just to think that it all began on an uneventful morn
     E                       B    A                E
Come in, she said, I'll give ya   shelter from the storm

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[Verse 7]
          E               B                  A                  E
Well, the deputy walks on hard nails and the preacher rides a mount
    E              B                  A
But nothing really matters much, it's doom alone that counts
        E             B         A
And the one-eyed undertaker, he blows a futile horn
     E                       B    A                E
Come in, she said, I'll give ya   shelter from the storm

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[Verse 8]
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I've heard newborn babies wailin' like a mournin' dove
    E            B               A
And old men with broken teeth stranded without love
     E               B                    A
Do I understand your question, man, is it hopeless and forlorn
     E                  B         A                E
Come in, she said, I'll give ya   shelter from the storm

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[Verse 9]
     E              B             A              E
In a little hilltop village, they gambled for my clothes
  E                B              A
I bargained for salvation and she gave me a lethal dose
  E             B            A
I offered up my innocence, I got repaid with scorn
     E                       B     A                E
Come in, she said, I'll give ya    shelter from the storm

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[Verse 10]
          E                   B               A                  E
Well, I'm livin' in a foreign country but I'm bound to cross the line
E              B                 A
Beauty walks a razor's edge, someday I'll make it mine
           E         B                      A
If I could only turn back the clock to when God and her were born
     E                       B     A                E
Come in, she said, I'll give ya    shelter from the storm

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