Chords:

[E]Twas in another[B] lifetime,[A]

..one of toil and[E] blood

When[E] blackness was a[B] virtue

..and the [A]road was full of mud

I[E] came in from the[B]

..wilderness, a[A] creature void

..of form.

"Come[E] in," she said, "I'll[B]

..give you[A] shelter from the[E]

..storm."

B A E E B A E[repeat after each

..verse]

And[E] if I pass this[B] way

..again,[A] you can rest

..as[E]sured

I'll[E] always do my[B] best for

..her, on[A] that I give my word

In a[E] world of steel-eyed[B]

..death, and men who are[A]

..fighting to be warm.

"Come [E]in," she said, "I'll[B]

..give you [A]shelter from the[E]

..storm."

Not a[E] word was spoke be[B]tween

..us, there wa[A] little risk

..in[E]volved

[E]Everything up[B] to that point

..had been[A] left unresolved.

[E]Try imagi[B]ning a place where

..it's[A] always safe and warm.

"Come[E] in," she said, "I'll[B]

..give you[A] shelter from the[E]

..storm."

I was[E] burned out from

..ex[B]haustion,[A] buried in

..the[E] hail,

[E]Poisoned in the[B] bushes

..an'[A] blown out on the trail,

[E]Hunted like a[B] crocodile,[A]

..ravaged in the corn.

"Come[E] in," she said, "I'll[B]

..give you [A]shelter from the[E]

..storm."

[E]Suddenly I[B] turned around

..and[A] she was standin'[E] there

With[E] silver bracelets[B] on her

..wrists and[A] flowers in her

..hair.

She walked[E] up to me so

..[B]gracefully and[A] took my

..crown of thorns.

"Come[E] in," she said, "I'll[B]

..give you[A] shelter from the[E]

..storm."

Now [E]there's a wall between us,

..somethin' there's been lost

I [E]took too much for[B]

..granted,[A] got my signals

..crossed.

[E]Just to think that it[B] all

..began on a[A] long-forgotten

..morn.

"Come[E] in," she said, "I'll[B]

..give you[A] shelter from the[E]

..storm."

Well, the[E] deputy walks on[B]

..hard nails and the[A] preacher

..rides a[E] mount

But[E] nothing really[B] matters

..much, it's[A] doom alone that

..counts

And the[E] one-eyed under[B]taker,

..he [A]blows a futile horn.

"Come[E] in," she said, "I'll[B]

..give you[A] shelter from the[E]

..storm."

[E]I've heard newborn[B] babies

..[A]wailin' like a mournin'[E]

..dove

And[E] old men with[B] broken

..teeth[A] stranded without love.

Do I[E] understand your[B]

..question, man, is it[A] hopeless

..and forlorn?

"Come[E] in," she said, "I'll[B]

..give you[A] shelter from the[E]

..storm."

In a [E]little hilltop[B] village,

..they[A] gambled for my[E]

..clothes

I [E]bargained for sal[B]vation

..an' they[A] gave me a lethal

..dose.

I[E] offered up my [B]innocence

..and[A] got repaid with scorn.

"Come[E] in," she said, "I'll[B]

..give you [A]shelter from the[E]

..storm."

Well, I'm[E] livin' in a

..foreign[B] country but I'm[A]

..bound to cross the[E] line

[E]Beauty walks a[B] razor's edge,

..some[A]day I'll make it mine.

If I could[E] only turn[B] back

..the clock to when[A] God and her

..were born.

"Come[E] in," she said, "I'll[B]

..give you[A] shelter from the[E]

..storm."

[This verse is from an outtake

..version]:

[E]Now the bonds are[B] broken,

..but[A] they can be re[E]tied

By[E] one more journey[B] to the

..woods, the[A] holes where

..spirits hide.

It's a[E] never-ending[B] battle

..for a[A] peace that's always

..torn.

"Come[E] in," she said, "I'll[B]

..give you[A] shelter from the[E]

..storm."