[D] 'Twas in another lifetime, [G] One of toil and [D] blood.

[D] When blackness was a virtue And the [G] road was full of mud.

[D] I came in from the wilderness, [G] A creature void of form.

[D] "Come in" she said, "I'll give you, [G] Shelter from the storm."

[D] And if I pass this way again, [G] You can rest ass-[D]-ured,

[D] I'll always do my best for her On [G] that I give my word.

[D] In a world of steel eyed death and men Who are [G] fighting to be warm,

[D] Come in she said, I'll give you [G] Shelter from the storm.

[D] Not a word was spoke between us. There was [G] little risk in-[D]-volved.

[D] Everything up to that point, Had [G] been left unresolved.

[D] Try imagining a place Where it's [G] always safe and warm

[D] Come in she said I'll give you [G] Shelter from the storm.

[D] I was burned out from exhaustion I was [G] buried in the [D] hail.

[D] Poisoned in the bushes An' [G] blown out on the trail

[D] Hunted like a crocodile, [G] Ravaged in the corn

[D] Come in she said I'll give you [G] Shelter from the storm

[D] Suddenly I turned around And [G] she was standing [D] there

[D] With silver bracelets on her wrists And [G] flowers in her hair.

[D] She walked up to me so gracefully And [G] took my crown of thorns

[D] Come in she said I'll give you, [G] Shelter from the storm.

[D] Now there's a wall between us [G] Something has been [D] lost.

[D] I took too much for granted I [G] got my signals crossed

[D] Just to think that it all began On an [G] uneventful morn

[D] Come in she said I'll give you [G] Shelter from the storm

[D] Well the deputy walks on hard nails And the [G] preacher rides a [D] mount

[D] But nothing really matters It's [G] doom alone that counts

[D] And the one-eyed undertaker He [G] blows a futile horn

[D] Come in she said I'll give you [G] Shelter from the storm

[D] I've heard newborn babies wailin' [G] Like a mornin' [D] dove

[D] And old men with broken teeth [G] Stranded without love.

[D] Do I understand your question, man Is it [G] hopeless and forlorn.

[D] Come in she said I'll give you [G] Shelter from the storm.

[D] In a little hill top village I [G] gambled for my [D] clothes

[D] I bargained for salvation And they [G] gave me a lethal dose.

[D] I offered up my innocence And [G] got repaid with scorn

[D] Come in she said I'll give you [G] Shelter from the storm

[D] Well I'm livin' in a foreign country But I'm [G] bound to cross the [D] line.

[D] Beauty walks a razors edge, [G] Someday I'll make it mine.

[D] If I could only turn the clock back To when [G] God and her were born

[D] Come in she said I'll give you [G] Shelter from the storm.