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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- Lie Of The Land
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- Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke
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WHERE WERE YOU HIDING WHEN THE STORM BROKE? - THE ALARM
Written by Eddie Macdonald and Mike Peters
As performed by THE ALARM on the album DECLARATION
www.thealarm.com
Tuning: 1/2 step down
Intro (twice)
E ----------------------------------------|
B -3/15-----12P10-------------------------|
G ------------------11-9---7-----7--9--7--|
D -----------------------------9----------|
A ----------------------------------------|
E ----------------------------------------|
D/// Em///
Born into a war and peace
D/// G D G
Forced to choose between a right and wrong
D/// Em///
Each man kills a thing he loves
D/// G D G
For better or for worse
Em / / / D
Face to face with a ragged truth
G A
Mixed up and torn in two
Em D
And turned your back on the only thing
G A
That could save you from yourself
D///
WHERE WERE YOU HIDING
G///
WHEN THE STORM BROKE
D/// G D G
WHEN THE RAIN BEGAN TO FALL
Em / / / D
WHEN THE THUNDER AND THE LIGHTNING STRUCK
G A D C
D
AND THE RAIN AND THE FOUR WINDS DID HOWL
D/// Em///
After all time building up
D///
Comes inevitable knocking down
G D G
(ONE BY ONE)
D/// Em///
Come receivers, liars, gamblers
D///
Pick pocket entourage
G D G
(TWO BY TWO)
Em / / / D
Selling out is a cardinal sin
G A
Sinning with a safety net (THREE BY THREE)
Em D
They say that all things come in threes
G A
Here comes the third degree
D (let ring)
All cards are marked
And all fates will collide
>
D///
The truth is the truth
Or the truth is surely a lie
Bm/// A///
Get back in your shelter
G D G A/ / // /
If you can't come down off the fence
Bm/// A///
And one more question
G D G
Where were you?
G / / /
Where were you?
A D
WHERE WERE YOU HIDING
G
WHEN THE STORM BROKE
D
WHEN THE RAIN BEGAN TO FALL
G D Em
WHERE WERE YOU HIDING
D G D G
FOUR. WINDS. HOWL.
D///
Written by Eddie Macdonald and Mike Peters
As performed by THE ALARM on the album DECLARATION
www.thealarm.com
Tuning: 1/2 step down
Intro (twice)
E ----------------------------------------|
B -3/15-----12P10-------------------------|
G ------------------11-9---7-----7--9--7--|
D -----------------------------9----------|
A ----------------------------------------|
E ----------------------------------------|
D/// Em///
Born into a war and peace
D/// G D G
Forced to choose between a right and wrong
D/// Em///
Each man kills a thing he loves
D/// G D G
For better or for worse
Em / / / D
Face to face with a ragged truth
G A
Mixed up and torn in two
Em D
And turned your back on the only thing
G A
That could save you from yourself
D///
WHERE WERE YOU HIDING
G///
WHEN THE STORM BROKE
D/// G D G
WHEN THE RAIN BEGAN TO FALL
Em / / / D
WHEN THE THUNDER AND THE LIGHTNING STRUCK
G A D C
D
AND THE RAIN AND THE FOUR WINDS DID HOWL
D/// Em///
After all time building up
D///
Comes inevitable knocking down
G D G
(ONE BY ONE)
D/// Em///
Come receivers, liars, gamblers
D///
Pick pocket entourage
G D G
(TWO BY TWO)
Em / / / D
Selling out is a cardinal sin
G A
Sinning with a safety net (THREE BY THREE)
Em D
They say that all things come in threes
G A
Here comes the third degree
D (let ring)
All cards are marked
And all fates will collide
>
D///
The truth is the truth
Or the truth is surely a lie
Bm/// A///
Get back in your shelter
G D G A/ / // /
If you can't come down off the fence
Bm/// A///
And one more question
G D G
Where were you?
G / / /
Where were you?
A D
WHERE WERE YOU HIDING
G
WHEN THE STORM BROKE
D
WHEN THE RAIN BEGAN TO FALL
G D Em
WHERE WERE YOU HIDING
D G D G
FOUR. WINDS. HOWL.
D///
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