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Lovely Day

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F#When I wake up in the D#m7morning light
Dmaj7Sunlight E6add9hurts my eyes
F#Something without D#m7warning, love
Dmaj7Plays heavy Bon my mind
F#mThen I look at you F#m7  
BThen I look at you 
AThen I look at yF#ou
Then I look at you 
AThen I look at yF#m7ou 
And the world's Balright with meB  
AOh just one look at F#myou 
BOh just one look at you 
AOh just one look at yF#mou 
And I know it's Bgonna beB  
A lovely F#dayD#m7  Dmaj7  E6add9  
On the night lineF#  D#m7  Dmaj7  
For the Bnight line
F#When the day that lies aD#m7head of me
Dmaj7Seems impossible to E6add9face
F#When someone else inD#m7stead of me
Dmaj7Always seems to know the E6add9way
F#mThen I look at youF#m7  
And the world's alBright with me
AJust one look at youF#m  
And I know it's Bgonna be
A lovely AdayF#m7  B  
On the night linAeF#m7  B  
For the night lineF#  D#m7  Dmaj7  B  

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Lovely Day

by alt-J

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

D#m7

Dmaj7

E6add9

F#m

F#m7

F# D#m7

When I wake up in the morning light

Dmaj7 E6add9

Sunlight hurts my eyes

F# D#m7

Something without warning, love

Dmaj7 B

Plays heavy on my mind

F#m F#m7

Then I look at you

A F#

Then I look at you

A F#m7

Then I look at you

B B

And the world's alright with me

A F#m

Oh just one look at you

A F#m

Oh just one look at you

B B

And I know it's gonna be

F# D#m7 Dmaj7 E6add9

A lovely day

F# D#m7 Dmaj7

On the night line

For the night line

F# D#m7

When the day that lies ahead of me

Dmaj7 E6add9

Seems impossible to face

F# D#m7

When someone else instead of me

Dmaj7 E6add9

Always seems to know the way

F#m F#m7

Then I look at you

And the world's alright with me

A F#m

Just one look at you

And I know it's gonna be

A F#m7 B

A lovely day

A F#m7 B

On the night line

F# D#m7 Dmaj7 B

For the night line

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