Biography:
The Alarm is an alternative rock band which formed in 1978 in Rhyl, Wales. For most of their career the band consisted of Mike Peters (vocals, guitar), Dave Sharp (guitar), Eddie Macdonald (bass) and Nigel Twist (drums). The band split in 1991, but reunited in 2001.
The band began in 1978 in the North-Wales town of Rhyl, under the name of 'Seventeen'. Its 4 members were Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie Macdonald and Nigel Twist. They knocked around
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Other songs:
- 68 Guns
- A New South Wales
- Absolute Reality
- Across The Border
- All Seeing
- Blaze Of Glory
- Cenotaph
- Change Ii
- Coming Backwards
- Deeside
- Direct Action
- Heroine
- How The Mighty Fall
- Lie Of The Land
- Marching On
- My Land Your Land
- No Greater Love
- One Guitar
- One Step Closer To Home
- Permanence In Change
- Presence Of Love
- Raindown
- Raw
- Right Back Where I Started From
- Rock And Roll
- Rose Beyond The Wall
- Save Your Crying
- Shelter
- Spirit Of 76
- Strength
- The Deciever
- The Drunk And The Disorderly
- The Stand
- There Must Be A Way
- Tomorrow
- Up For Murder
- Walk Forever By My Side
- We Are The Light
- Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke
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Rose Beyond The Wall
Mike Peters / The Alarm
[Intro]
Em D C G D Em C D G
[Verse 1]
C Bm
Out come the flags and banners again
D Em C
The memorial band plays on
Bm Em
Lloyd George my fathers friend
G C
And light breaks on the streets
Bm
Where no sun shines
D Em C
Where my fathers lived and died
Bm Em
But time moves on in this my town
[Chorus]
C D
The sound of the wind is blowing
G D Em
Rushing over hill and vale
A
As the new day dawns
C
And a Rose
D Em D C G D Em C D G
A rose beyond the wall
[Verse 2]
C Bm
And I, I walk away from you
D C
And everyone who knew me well
Bm
Oh my valley
Em
For pastures new
G C Bm
There's cruel in this innocent world I've known
Em D C
Oh I don't want to go
Bm Em
Oh no from this my town
C D
The sound of the wind is blowing
G D Em
Rushing over hill and vale
A
As the new day dawns
C
And a rose
D Em
A rose beyond the wall
[Bridge]
D
There comes a time in my life
C
When I have to take a chance
Em D
To find myself to find my way
C
Oh to find my way in life
Bm D Em C D Em
In this my town you never let me down
[Instrumental]
A C D Em (x3)
A C D
[Chorus]
C D
The sound of the wind is blowing
G D Em
Rushing over hill and vale
A
As the new day dawns
C
And a rose
D Em D C G D Em C D G
A rose beyond the wall
Mike Peters / The Alarm
[Intro]
Em D C G D Em C D G
[Verse 1]
C Bm
Out come the flags and banners again
D Em C
The memorial band plays on
Bm Em
Lloyd George my fathers friend
G C
And light breaks on the streets
Bm
Where no sun shines
D Em C
Where my fathers lived and died
Bm Em
But time moves on in this my town
[Chorus]
C D
The sound of the wind is blowing
G D Em
Rushing over hill and vale
A
As the new day dawns
C
And a Rose
D Em D C G D Em C D G
A rose beyond the wall
[Verse 2]
C Bm
And I, I walk away from you
D C
And everyone who knew me well
Bm
Oh my valley
Em
For pastures new
G C Bm
There's cruel in this innocent world I've known
Em D C
Oh I don't want to go
Bm Em
Oh no from this my town
C D
The sound of the wind is blowing
G D Em
Rushing over hill and vale
A
As the new day dawns
C
And a rose
D Em
A rose beyond the wall
[Bridge]
D
There comes a time in my life
C
When I have to take a chance
Em D
To find myself to find my way
C
Oh to find my way in life
Bm D Em C D Em
In this my town you never let me down
[Instrumental]
A C D Em (x3)
A C D
[Chorus]
C D
The sound of the wind is blowing
G D Em
Rushing over hill and vale
A
As the new day dawns
C
And a rose
D Em D C G D Em C D G
A rose beyond the wall
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