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Lori McKenna - Starlight
[Intro]
C
[Verse 1]
Well, the dog is barking, the Fcoffee is Ccold
And AmI didn’t Gsleep last Fnight
The Cday is still young, but I’m Fone more day Cold
These Amkitchen towels Gused to be Fwhite
[Chorus]
Oh, AmstarGlight, Fstar bright
CWhat the hell happened to Gyou
I’ve Amwished and Gwished, Fnight after night
But Amnone of them Gever come Ftrue 
You must be Gbroken Ctoo
[Verse 2]
Well, the church bells ain’t ringing, the Fstop light is Cstuck 
And I’m Amin the same Gshape that they’re Fin
All the Cpieces are there and I Fwould pick ’em Cup
If I could Amput myself toGgether aFgain
[Chorus]
Oh, AmstarGlight, Fstar bright
CWhat the hell happened to Gyou
I’ve Amwished and Gwished, Fnight after night
But Amnone of them Gever come Ftrue 
                 G(Am)
You must be broken too
[Instrumental]
Am G F
C G
Am G F
Am G F
G C
[Verse 3]
Well, the sun will go down and the Fclouds will roll Cout 
One more Amshot, what have GI got to Flose 
If you Cpromise you’ll never Fgive up on Cme 
AmI’ll never Ggive up on Fyou
[Chorus]
Oh, AmstarGlight, Fstar bright
CFirst star that I see toGnight
I Amwish I Gmay, I Fwish I might
Have the Amwish that I’m Gwishing toFnight
FTonight
FTonight

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Starlight

by Lori McKenna

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Lori McKenna - Starlight

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

F C

Well, the dog is barking, the coffee is cold

Am G F

And I didn’t sleep last night

C F C

The day is still young, but I’m one more day old

Am G F

These kitchen towels used to be white

[Chorus]

Am G F

Oh, starlight, star bright

C G

What the hell happened to you

Am G F

I’ve wished and wished, night after night

Am G F

But none of them ever come true

G C

You must be broken too

[Verse 2]

F C

Well, the church bells ain’t ringing, the stop light is stuck

Am G F

And I’m in the same shape that they’re in

C F C

All the pieces are there and I would pick ’em up

Am G F

If I could put myself together again

[Chorus]

Am G F

Oh, starlight, star bright

C G

What the hell happened to you

Am G F

I’ve wished and wished, night after night

Am G F

But none of them ever come true

G Am

()

You must be broken too

[Instrumental]

Am G F

C G

Am G F

G C

[Verse 3]

F C

Well, the sun will go down and the clouds will roll out

Am G F

One more shot, what have I got to lose

C F C

If you promise you’ll never give up on me

Am G F

I’ll never give up on you

[Chorus]

Am G F

Oh, starlight, star bright

C G

First star that I see tonight

Am G F

I wish I may, I wish I might

Am G F

Have the wish that I’m wishing tonight

Tonight

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