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Craig Cardiff – Porchlight
One of many many many great songs from the Floods and Fires album.
Capo 2 
Intro: G, Cadd9 x4
Verse 1:
GOne month Cadd9down; tGwo more months Cadd9in
GI can’t waCadd9it to sGee you againCadd9  
I’m going to Dhold you so tight
                   Cadd9        G   Cadd9,  G, Cadd9  
Until your heart’s unbroken
Verse 2:
GSome of us got Cadd9lost; sGome got fouCadd9nd
GMortgaged, car’d, Cadd9kids, Gon the edge of Cadd9town
Tell me what Dhappened to the firewoCadd9rks and
                    G   Cadd9,  G,  Cadd9  
Promises spoken?
Chorus: X2
DAll my friends are sCadd9omeplace else
GI’m out here by myseDlf
AmLeave the porchlight Cadd9on and
                     G   Cadd9,  G,  Cadd9, G, Cadd9,  G  Cadd9  
Your heart wide open,      (second time)  Heart wide open
Interlude: G, Cadd9 x4
Verse 3:
GI went for Cadd9a walk Gwhere I grew uCadd9p slow
GHoping to Cadd9see a fGace I used knoCadd9w
DI walked for hours
              Cadd9       G   Cadd9,  G, Cadd9  
And didn’t meet a soul
Verse 4:
I’m sick oGf other peCadd9ople’s bathrooms
AGnd other peoplCadd9e’s beds
GSome of us Cadd9stayed; Gmost of us flCadd9ed
From tDhis life
                                 Cadd9     G   Cadd9, G, Cadd9  
It can leave you a little bent and broken
Chorus: X2
DAll my friends are sCadd9omeplace else
GI’m out here by myseDlf
AmLeave the porchlight Cadd9on and
                     G   Cadd9,  G,  Cadd9, G, Cadd9,  G  Cadd9  
Your heart wide open,       (second time) Heart wide open
Interlude: G, Cadd9 x4
Verse 5:
GI threw myCadd9self ouGt into the worCadd9ld
GAnd the woCadd9rld she Greceived meCadd9  
And Dlanded me safe in
                   Cadd9        G   Cadd9,  G, Cadd9  
Safe into the nest of you
Verse 6: (but really verse 1)
GOne month Cadd9down; tGwo more months Cadd9in
GI can’t waCadd9it to sGee you againCadd9  
I’m going to Dhold you so tight
                   Cadd9        G   Cadd9,  G, Cadd9  
Until your heart’s unbroken
Chorus: X2
DAll my friends are sCadd9omeplace else
GI’m out here by myseDlf
AmLeave the porchlight Cadd9on and
                     G   Cadd9,  G,  Cadd9, G, Cadd9,  G  Cadd9  
Your heart wide open,       (second time) Heart wide open

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Porchlight

by Craig Cardiff

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

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Cadd9

Craig Cardiff – Porchlight

One of many many many great songs from the Floods and Fires album.

Capo 2

Intro: G, Cadd9 x4

Verse 1:

G Cadd9 G Cadd9

One month down; two more months in

G Cadd9 G Cadd9

I can’t wait to see you again

I’m going to hold you so tight

Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9

, ,

Until your heart’s unbroken

Verse 2:

G Cadd9 G Cadd9

Some of us got lost; some got found

G Cadd9 G Cadd9

Mortgaged, car’d, kids, on the edge of town

D Cadd9

Tell me what happened to the fireworks and

G Cadd9 G Cadd9

, ,

Promises spoken?

Chorus: X2

D Cadd9

All my friends are someplace else

G D

I’m out here by myself

Am Cadd9

Leave the porchlight on and

G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9

, , , G, Cadd9,

Your heart wide open, (second time) Heart wide open

Interlude: G, Cadd9 x4

Verse 3:

G Cadd9 G Cadd9

I went for a walk where I grew up slow

G Cadd9 G Cadd9

Hoping to see a face I used know

I walked for hours

Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9

, ,

And didn’t meet a soul

Verse 4:

G Cadd9

I’m sick of other people’s bathrooms

G Cadd9

And other people’s beds

G Cadd9 G Cadd9

Some of us stayed; most of us fled

From this life

Cadd9 G Cadd9 Cadd9

, G,

It can leave you a little bent and broken

Chorus: X2

D Cadd9

All my friends are someplace else

G D

I’m out here by myself

Am Cadd9

Leave the porchlight on and

G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9

, , , G, Cadd9,

Your heart wide open, (second time) Heart wide open

Interlude: G, Cadd9 x4

Verse 5:

G Cadd9 G Cadd9

I threw myself out into the world

G Cadd9 G Cadd9

And the world she received me

And landed me safe in

Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9

, ,

Safe into the nest of you

Verse 6: (but really verse 1)

G Cadd9 G Cadd9

One month down; two more months in

G Cadd9 G Cadd9

I can’t wait to see you again

I’m going to hold you so tight

Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9

, ,

Until your heart’s unbroken

Chorus: X2

D Cadd9

All my friends are someplace else

G D

I’m out here by myself

Am Cadd9

Leave the porchlight on and

G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9

, , , G, Cadd9,

Your heart wide open, (second time) Heart wide open

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