Chord/Tab song: Raven in the Storm

written by John Gorka and Geoff Bartley
performed by John Gorka from "Land of the Bottom Line"

He plays this with a capo on the 1st fret (or tunes up).
I've chorded it as if played in the first position.

Intro: Em D C D (4x)



|-------------------------------------| h hammer on
|-------------------------------------|
|----5-h353----0----------------------| Played with
|-3----------5---3---6--h565--0--2----| capo on 1st fret
|----------------------------------3--| Solo is similar
|-------------------------------------|

Verse:

[Em]I'm the [D]latest [C]apparitio[D]n

[Em]Cutting [D]slices [C]in the nig[D]ht

[Em]I come t[D]hrough witho[C]ut permissi[D]on

[Em]Moving [D]in and [C]out of sigh[D]t

I'm the tapping on your shoulder
I'm the raven in the storm
I'll take shelter in your rafters
I'm the shiver when you're warm

Chorus:

[G]I'm the gold in [D]California

[C]I'm the well in [D]Mexico

[G]Like the vultures [D]in the valley

[C]I will wait for you to go

Em D C D (4x)

I'm the gypsy in your pocket
I'm the horseman in your dreams
I'm the reason dogs are barking
I'm the hand that stops the scream

I'm the baby's cry that isn't
I am the distant relative
I'm the scratching in the ceiling
I'm advice you shouldn't give

Chorus:

I'm the ghost of a traveling salesman
My foot will be there in your door
Though I can walk through walls and windows
I will knock just like before

I'm the darkness in your daughter
I'm the spot beneath the skin
I'm the scarlet on the pavement
I am the broken heart within

Chorus:

I won't take a train to nowhere
I will not touch just anyone
Ask a stranger why I'm waiting
In the chamber of a gun

Hint: At first, the strum pattern in the Verse/Intro seemed
somewhat awkward. Hitting all the "D" chords on the
UP stroke rather than the DOWN stroke seems right.

Bob Steidl