The Artist In The Ambulance

Em                                         C
Late night, brakes lock, hear the tires squeal
                                      G
Red light, can't stop so I spin the wheel
                                 D
My world goes black before I feel an angel lift me up
     Em                   C
And I open bloodshot eyes into fluorescent white
   G                                   D
They flip the siren, hit the lights, close the doors and
     Em
I am gooone

[Bridge]

( C  G  D )

   Em                                   C
Now I lay here owing my life to a stranger
                       G
And I realize that empty words are not enough
       D
I'm left here with the question of just
Em                         C
What have I to show except the promises I never kept?
  G                               D
I lie here shaking on this bed, under the weight of my regrets


  C                              Em    D
I hope that I will never let you down
   C                               Em       D             C
I know that this can be more than just flashing lights and sound

( Em  C  G  D )

Em                                                 C
Look around and you'll see that at times it feels like no one really cares
G                                                        D
It gets me down but I'm still gonna try to do what's right, I know that
       Em                         C
There's A difference between sleight of hand, and giving everything you have
G                                                     D
There's a line drawn in the sand, I'm working up the will to cross it and

  C                               Em    D
I hope that I will never let you down
   C                                 Em       D         C
I know that this can be more than just flashing lights and sound

Em
Rhetoric can't raise the dead
             D        C            D
I'm sick of always talking when there's no change
Em
Rhetoric can't raise the dead
             D           C             D
I'm sick of empty words, let's lead and not follow

Em                                           C
Late night, brakes lock, hear the tires squeal
                                        G
Red light, can't stop so I spin the wheel
                           D
My world goes black before I feel an angel steal me from the
Em                                 C
Greedy jaws of death and chance, and pull me in with steady hands
         G                        D
They've given me a second chance, the artist in the ambulance

  C                              Em    D
I hope that I will never let you down
   C                                Em         D          C
I know that this can be more than just flashing lights and sound
    Em     D                 C     Em      D       C
Can we pick you off the ground, more than flashing lights and sound