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Bright Star

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[Intro]
Db Gb Db Gb Db Gb Db Gb
[Verse 1]
GbBright DbstarGb  
GbWhen I first laid eyes upon you
DbI was filled with such a longing
GbTo be with you in the dark
DbBright star
GbSince I could not fly beside you
DbI would chart my own course by you
GbAnd I’d sail it by Dbyour light
[Instrumental]
Db Gb Ab Gb
[Verse 2]
DbBright star
GbI have sailed in all directions
DbI have followed your reflection
GbTo the farthest foreign shore
GbBright Dbstar, bright star
GbI have anchored in the harbors
DbI have brought my gifts to barter
GbFor a drifter’s bed and board
[Verse 3]
DbBright star
Ebm7I have drunk the wine of ages
AbIn the company of strangers
GbWe have sung in tongues of angels
DbAnd then stumbled on the pavemеnt
Ebm7And I understood my place then
AbAnd my purposе in relation
GbTo the young and Dbancient night
[Instrumental]
Db Ab Gb Db Ab Gb
[Verse 4]
DbBright star
I am Gbhome now from my roaming
I'm Abalone now in the Dbgloaming
With the Gbships out in the yard
DbBright star
Ebm7There’s a thought upon me dawning
AbYou have launched a thousand longings
GbAnd I don’t know who you Dbare
[Verse 5]
DbBright star
You have Gbnever been my vessel
AbOr the wind my sails have wrestled
GbOr the lands to which I traveled
DbOr the friends with whom I reveled
GbThere are lengths to which you’ll never know I went
AbTo be your lover
GbAnd beloved in your sight
[Instrumental]
Db Gb Ab Gb Db Ebm7 Ab Gb
[Verse 6]
DbBright star
GbWhen I first laid eyes upon you
DbI was filled with such a longing
GbTo be with you in the dark
DbBright star
GbIf I could have flown beside you
DbI would not have had the sight of you
GbTo guide me through the Abworld so Dbwide
DbAnd bright

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Bright Star

by Anaïs Mitchell

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Ebm7

[Intro]

Db Gb Db Gb Db Gb Db Gb

[Verse 1]

Gb Db Gb

Bright star

When I first laid eyes upon you

I was filled with such a longing

To be with you in the dark

Bright star

Since I could not fly beside you

I would chart my own course by you

Gb Db

And I’d sail it by your light

[Instrumental]

Db Gb Ab Gb

[Verse 2]

Bright star

I have sailed in all directions

I have followed your reflection

To the farthest foreign shore

Gb Db

Bright star, bright star

I have anchored in the harbors

I have brought my gifts to barter

For a drifter’s bed and board

[Verse 3]

Bright star

Ebm7

I have drunk the wine of ages

In the company of strangers

We have sung in tongues of angels

And then stumbled on the pavemеnt

Ebm7

And I understood my place then

And my purposе in relation

Gb Db

To the young and ancient night

[Instrumental]

Db Ab Gb Db Ab Gb

[Verse 4]

Bright star

I am home now from my roaming

Ab Db

I'm alone now in the gloaming

With the ships out in the yard

Bright star

Ebm7

There’s a thought upon me dawning

You have launched a thousand longings

Gb Db

And I don’t know who you are

[Verse 5]

Bright star

You have never been my vessel

Or the wind my sails have wrestled

Or the lands to which I traveled

Or the friends with whom I reveled

There are lengths to which you’ll never know I went

To be your lover

And beloved in your sight

[Instrumental]

Db Gb Ab Gb Db Ebm7 Ab Gb

[Verse 6]

Bright star

When I first laid eyes upon you

I was filled with such a longing

To be with you in the dark

Bright star

If I could have flown beside you

I would not have had the sight of you

Gb Ab Db

To guide me through the world so wide

And bright

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