{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1758695,"song":"The Lighthouses Tale","artist":"Nickel Creek","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11381171-the-lighthouses-tale-chords-by-nickel-creek/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1758695?type=chord","rating":4.91346,"votes":200,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI am a lighthouse, worn by the weather and the waves.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI keep my lamp lit, to warn the sailors on their way.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'll tell a story, paint you a picture from my past.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI was so happy, but joy in this life seldom lasts.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental Break]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI had a keeper, he helped me warn the ships at sea.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe had grown closer, 'till his joy meant everything to me.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd he was to marry, a girl who shone with beauty and light.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd they loved each other, and with me watched the sunsets into night.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the waves crashing around me, the sand slips out to sea.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the winds that blow remind me, of what has been,          and what can never be.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental Break]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe'd had to leave us, my keeper he prayed for a safe return.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut when the night came, the weather to a raging storm had turned.[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe watched her ship fight, but in vain against the wild and terrible wave.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn me so helpless, as dashed against the rock she met her end.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the waves crashing around me, the sand slips out to sea.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the winds that blow remind me, of what has been,          and what can never be.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental Break]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen on the next day, my keeper found her washed up on the shore.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe kissed her cold face, that they'd be together soon he'd swore.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI saw him crying, watched as he buried her in the sand.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd then he climbed my tower, and off of the edge of me he ran.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the waves crashing around me, the sand slips out to sea.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the winds that blow remind me, of what has been,          and what can never be.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental Break]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI am a lighthouse, worn by the weather and the waves.[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd though I'm empty, I still warn the sailors on their way.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nEm   G   D\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental Break]\nEm   G   D\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental Break]\nEm   G   D\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental Break]\nEm   G   D\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental Break]\nEm   G   D","chords":["Em","G","D","C","Bm","Bb","F#m","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}