C


[Verse 1]

    D                                                          C
Somewhere in Vietnam a 19 year old soldier walked out of a bar room,
C                                                                       D
And he said I must be seeing things that bourbon hit me like a baseball bat. 
D                                                           C
In Belfast, Ireland a little lady dropped her shovel in her garden,
C                                                                     D
She raced across the yard and asked her neighbor Mrs. Clancy what was that?


[Verse 2]

D                                                                C
In Memphis, Tennessee a teacher raised the window closest to the river,
C                                                                           D
And the children in her classroom swore they heard a choir singing down the street.
D                                                     C
In Washington, DC a private secretary's lips began to quiver,
C                                                                   D
And the President just put aside his papers and rose quickly to his feet. 


[Verse 3]

E                                                    D
I lay in a cheap motel in the arms of someone else's woman
D                                                                 E
When a loud explosion rocked the room and turned the morning into night.
E                                                                    D
I jumped out of bed and ran into the streets with hardly any clothes on
D                                                                           E
As the sky lit up my heart stood still and I could feel my face was turning white.


[Refrain]

A                                                                          E
All at once the clouds rolled back and there stood Jesus Christ in all his glory, 
E                                                                      B
And I realized the saddest eyes I'd ever seen were looking straight at me.


[Verse 4]

   D                                                      C
I guess I was awakened by the penetrating sound of my own screaming,
C                                                                    D
And it didn't take me long to stumble out of bed and fall down on my knees. 
D                                                                     C
As tears rolled down my face I cried dear God I'm thankful I was only dreaming, 
C                                                                      D
And if I never go to Hell, Lord, it'll be because you scared it out of me.