[Verso 1]

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 


[Refrão]


            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 


[Verso 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 


[Refrão]


             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 


[Verso 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 


[Refrão]

           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