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Light House

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Chords: Fmaj7: 033210
        Am: 002210 (Last in chorus 577555)
        Dsus2: xx0230
        C: 332010 
        Em: 022000
(Better to mute first string)
  Intro
 Fmaj7   Am   Dsus2   Amx1
  Verse 
Fmaj7When I couldn't see you for the wAmall
What was that you sDsus2aid?
What was that you Amsaid, before you called?
Fmaj7And when I couldn't catch you for the fAmall
What was that you Dsus2said?
What was that you Amsaid? "Nothing hurts this mFmaj7uch"
But I've seen the Amway
That bodies lie and bDsus2odies tend to breakAm  Fmaj7  
And I've been Amaway
I've been aDsus2way too longAm  
Too long to be afraidFmaj7  
But you kAmnow
What you know is bDsus2etter
Is Ambrighter
And you kFmaj7now
You knowAm  
What you know is beDsus2tter
Is bAmrighter
  Chorus
CAnd this is where we Emwere, when I sChowed you the daEmrk
CInside of me, in Emspite of me
On a Cbench in the parAmk you said to me:
  Verse 
(Fmaj7 Am Dsus2 Am) x6
"This is not you.
This is not you..
This is not you…"
But I’ve seen the way
That bodies lie
And bodies tend to break
And I've been away
I've been away too long…
And I don't know a better place
But you know
What you know is better
Is brighter
And you know
You know
What you know is better
Is brighter
  Chorus
(C Em C Em) x4
And this is where we were, when I showed you the dark
Inside of me, in spite of me
On a bench in the park
And this is where we are
In your bed, in my arms
Outside of me
In spite of 'we'
I showed you the dark
And you said to me:
  Verse 
 Fmaj7   Am   Dsus2   Amx4
"You know
What you know is better
Is brighter"
"And you know, you know
What you know is better
Is brighter"
  Outro
Fmaj7 Am Dsus2 Am

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Light House

by Future Islands

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Fmaj7

Dsus2

Chords: Fmaj7: 033210

Am: 002210 (Last in chorus 577555)

Dsus2: xx0230

C: 332010

Em: 022000

(Better to mute first string)

Intro

Fmaj7 Am Dsus2 Am

Verse

Fmaj7 Am

When I couldn't see you for the wall

Dsus2

What was that you said?

What was that you said, before you called?

Fmaj7 Am

And when I couldn't catch you for the fall

Dsus2

What was that you said?

Am Fmaj7

What was that you said? "Nothing hurts this much"

But I've seen the way

Dsus2 Am Fmaj7

That bodies lie and bodies tend to break

And I've been away

Dsus2 Am

I've been away too long

Fmaj7

Too long to be afraid

But you know

Dsus2

What you know is better

Is brighter

Fmaj7

And you know

You know

Dsus2

What you know is better

Is brighter

Chorus

C Em C Em

And this is where we were, when I showed you the dark

C Em

Inside of me, in spite of me

C Am

On a bench in the park you said to me:

Verse

(Fmaj7 Am Dsus2 Am) x6

"This is not you.

This is not you..

This is not you…"

But I’ve seen the way

That bodies lie

And bodies tend to break

And I've been away

I've been away too long…

And I don't know a better place

But you know

What you know is better

Is brighter

And you know

You know

What you know is better

Is brighter

Chorus

(C Em C Em) x4

And this is where we were, when I showed you the dark

Inside of me, in spite of me

On a bench in the park

And this is where we are

In your bed, in my arms

Outside of me

In spite of 'we'

I showed you the dark

And you said to me:

Verse

Fmaj7 Am Dsus2 Am

"You know

What you know is better

Is brighter"

"And you know, you know

What you know is better

Is brighter"

Outro

Fmaj7 Am Dsus2 Am

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