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Em D G D Em D G D Em D G Bm A G G
D A F# G D A F# G G
DWe've never been much chop
At all that sensuaAl stuff,
One of us always sF#eems to stop
Before the other's Ghad enough
DLike a self-help manual that's been
Awritten in Braille It seems
F#the more that we touch The more we
Glearn about our failings
DI'm struck speechless by the
Anape of your neck But your
F#requests and suggestions Have a
Gsimilar effect A
Dlitany of prettiness
Aand pettiness, too I reckon
F#every second second We come
Gup with something new
I Dtried to write an operGa for uEms But I
Ddidn't gF#et that EmfarD  
'Cause trying to sum you F#up in songG  
Is like Emcatching sunlighGt in a jarF#  Em  
D A F# G
D A F# G G G
DComplex, completely credible loveA  
The kind F#that is made, not handed to you from aboveG  
Is Ddifficult to talk about and harder to Awrite
LikF#e the rhythm of a pulse, or the contours of fGirelight
DOverblown libretto and a sumptuous scoreA  
F#Could never contain the contradiGctions I adore
DWe can just be chaos and then something alignsA  
It's so F#hard to contain, maintain it or define itG  G  
DI tried to write another GchorusEm  
But I diDdn't get F#thaDt faEmrD  
'Cause trying to sum you uF#p in songG  Em  
Is like catching sunlight in Da jarF#  Em  
D G D Bm
D G D Bm
D G Bm Em G G G
It's like catching sunliDght in a jarF#  G  
sDunlight in a jaArG  
Dsunlight in F#a jGar
D G G

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Sunlight In A Jar

by The Lucksmiths

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Em D G D Em D G D Em D G Bm A G G

D A F# G D A F# G G

We've never been much chop

At all that sensual stuff,

One of us always seems to stop

Before the other's had enough

Like a self-help manual that's been

written in Braille It seems

the more that we touch The more we

learn about our failings

I'm struck speechless by the

nape of your neck But your

requests and suggestions Have a

similar effect A

litany of prettiness

and pettiness, too I reckon

every second second We come

up with something new

D G Em

I tried to write an opera for us But I

D F# Em D

didn't get that far

F# G

'Cause trying to sum you up in song

Em G F# Em

Is like catching sunlight in a jar

D A F# G

D A F# G G G

D A

Complex, completely credible love

F# G

The kind that is made, not handed to you from above

D A

Is difficult to talk about and harder to write

F# G

Like the rhythm of a pulse, or the contours of firelight

D A

Overblown libretto and a sumptuous score

F# G

Could never contain the contradictions I adore

D A

We can just be chaos and then something aligns

F# G G

It's so hard to contain, maintain it or define it

D G Em

I tried to write another chorus

D F# D Em D

But I didn't get that far

F# G Em

'Cause trying to sum you up in song

D F# Em

Is like catching sunlight in a jar

D G D Bm

D G Bm Em G G G

D F# G

It's like catching sunlight in a jar

D A G

sunlight in a jar

D F# G

sunlight in a jar

D G G

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