[Verse 1]
E
When it's dark outside you've got to carry a light
E
Or you'll stumble and fall like tumbling dice
E
It takes a steady step, it takes God-given sight
E                                                E/F#  E/G
Just to tell what is the truth, what is wrong, what is right


[Chorus]
          A                   A7      E
In this world thunder throbs in the darkness
            B          C#m
Out in the eye of the storm
                A             B7         E
The friends of God suffer no permanent harm


[Verse 2]
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When the night sky glows with the red fires of war
E
And the threat of annihilation pounds at your door
E
You don't have to pretend that you got no nerves of steel
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To believe that the love of the Lord is actual and real


[Chorus]
         A                    A7       E
In this world thunder throbs in the darkness mm-mmm
            B           C#m
Out in the eye of the storm
                A               B        E
The friends of God suffer no permanent harm


[Guitar solo]


[Verse 3]
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When the daybreak comes with a trumpet blast
E
And the true fruit of faith is tasted at long-last
E
When the darkness dies and death is undone
E                                      E/F#  E/G
And teardrops are dried in the noonday sun


[Chorus - Outro]
             A                   
But in this world, oh in this world
                A7         E
Thunder throbs in the darkness, uh huh
            B          C#m
Out in the eye of the storm
                 A             B7       E
The friends of God suffer no permanent harm

Oh no
             B         C#m
Out in the eye of the storm
                A             B         E
The friends of God suffer no permanent harm