Strawbs – Inside Your Hell Tonight (Guitar)

           G        Dm     Am      C
Storms are breaking in California

         G            F       C      G
From the East Coast a twister comes

         B7     Em       F      C
She lies waiting for her lover

           G               F     C
A crumpled rag-doll that's cast away

          F        C      G
Then they call her on the phone

        F         C       G
Telling lies that she can see through

           Am     Em         F      C
So they'll live inside their hell tonight

        F    C    Am G         F   C      F C   Am G C
Knowing they were saving their own skins

        G     Dm      Am       C
Signing up for high adventure

          G         F   C     G
Young and innocent, so alive

          B7   Em        F           C
Mules and asses held the high ground

          G                F       C
While the lions stood like sitting ducks

          F          C           G
Then they drove them through the fire

       F       C       G
With a cry of "We know better"

           Am     Em         F      C
So they'll live inside their hell tonight

        F    C    Am G         F   C      F C   Am G C
Knowing they were saving their own skins

        G     Dm    Am        C
Sailing oceans to a new life

            G          F       C    G
Friends and family are tied as one

          B7   Em          F        C
Captain's table rocks with laughter

        G           F        C
Glasses raised to a job well done

        F        C      G
And the market place is waiting

        F          C        G
For the souls that can't be bought

           Am     Em         F      C
So they'll burn inside their hell tonight

        F    C    Am G    F  C      F C   Am G C
Knowing they were shaming mankind

       G        Dm    Am           C
Like a dead bird in a green field

          G            F    C    G
Still and peaceful the body lay

        B7     Em       F         C
I don't need to witness something

      G           F       C
To confirm all my deepest fears

      F       C     G
But I climb into my car

      F        C      G
And I stop the help arriving

        Am     Em      F      C
So I'll live inside my hell tonight

        F C   Am G F   C
Knowing I was only gloating