God Draws Straight

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

 Chorus

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

Verse 2

G                                 B
I saw a matron in white, her face lifted to heaven
    Am                      Cm
Saw nuns on their knees and some who were weeping
       G         Am       C         D
Saw a middle-aged man and government clerk
   Am                   C
An Afromestizo held his rosary up
         G                   B
I saw nobody leave, I didn’t feel fear or terror
   Am                           Cm
It felt like a movie , like the end of an era
G          Am        C    D
Nobody got hurt and nobody died
     Am                      Cm
I’ll remember this day, I’ll remember this time

Chorus

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

Verse 3

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

Chorus

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