[Intro] [Am] [F] [C] [G] [Verse 1] [Am] Silent as a mountain, standing tall [F] Brief as a dream before the fall [C] There was a man, there was a man [G] With empty hands and no one to call [Am] With tired feet upon the road [F] And eyes that knew a world of cold [C] There was a man, there was a man [G] Carrying more than he could hold [Pre-Chorus] [Dm] No voice was left inside his heart [Am] No hand to pull him from the dark [F] He walked beneath a fading sky [E] While every star forgot to shine [Chorus] [Am] He was the lonely man [F] Walking where the shadows fall [C] With a thirst no river knew [G] And no one there at all [Am] He was the lonely man [F] Reaching for a distant light [C] But the road went on forever [G] Through the silence of the night [Verse 2] [Am] The black night settled in his eyes [F] A silent coffin under dying skies [C] One star fell upon the ground [G] And left no trace, no final sound [Am] Not even his shadow stayed behind [F] The wind erased his steps in time [C] He was weary, he was alone [G] With a broken road beneath his bones [Pre-Chorus] [Dm] His lips were dry, his heart was slow [Am] He saw a spring, but could not go [F] A picture of water in the dust [E] A little hope he could not touch [Chorus] [Am] He was the lonely man [F] Walking where the shadows fall [C] With a thirst no river knew [G] And no one there at all [Am] He was the lonely man [F] Reaching for a distant light [C] But the road went on forever [G] Through the silence of the night [Bridge] [F] Drop by drop, the water called [C] Somewhere beyond the empty road [G] Step by step, he searched the dark [Am] For one small sound to lead him home [F] This way, that way, through the night [C] He stumbled underneath the sky [G] Listening for a human sound [E] A single footstep passing by [Instrumental Break] [Am] [F] [C] [G] [Build-Up] [Am] Drop... drop... [F] A drop of water [C] Drop... drop... [G] A voice in the night [Am] Step... step... [F] Somewhere in the darkness [C] Step... step... [E] Is someone coming tonight? [Final Chorus] [Am] He was the lonely man [F] Taller than the grief he knew [C] With a thousand silent dreams [G] And nowhere left to go [Am] He was the lonely man [F] Underneath a dying moon [C] Still he listened through the night [G] For footsteps coming soon [Am] He was the lonely man [F] Fading like a distant flame [C] No one heard him call their name [G] No one knew his name [Outro] [Am] Drop by drop... [F] The night grew still... [C] Step by step... [G] Across the hill... [Am] There was a man... [F] There was a man... [C] Alone beneath the endless sky... [G] A lonely man... [Am] Who never heard the footsteps come...
