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Bright Eyes

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GIs it a kind of Cdream,    G  Emfloating out on the Ctide?G  
DFollowing the D/Criver of Gdeath downsCtream, oh Am7is it a Ddream?
 D7There's a fGog along the horiC-zGon, a sEmtrange glow in the CskGy
DAnd nobody D/Cseems to know Gwhere you Cgo and what does it B/D#mean
C#dimOh     G/Doh, D7is it a Gdream?
BmBright eyes, Cburning like D7fire, Bright eyes   Bm  Chow can you close
and fail,  B7/D#How can the light Emthat burnD7/F#ed so bGrightly Csuddenly
burn so Ampale, D7bright GeyesEm  C  
Is it a kind of shadow reaching into the night?
Wandering over the hills unseen or is it a dream?
There's a high wind in the trees, a cold sound in the air
And nobody ever knows when you go and when do you start
Oh oh, into the dark
BmBright eyes, Cburning like D7fire, Bright eyes   Bm  Chow can you close
and fail,  B7/D#How can the light Emthat burnD7/F#ed so bGrightly Csuddenly
burn so Ampale, D7bright Geyes (repeat last stanza)
Bright EyesG  G  G  G  

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Bright Eyes

by Mike Batt

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

D/C

Am7

B/D#

C#dim

G/D

B7/D#

D7/F#

G C G Em C G

Is it a kind of dream, floating out on the tide?

D D/C G C Am7 D

Following the river of death downstream, oh is it a dream?

D7 G C G Em C G

There's a fog along the hori-zon, a strange glow in the sky

D D/C G C B/D#

And nobody seems to know where you go and what does it mean

C#dim G/D D7 G

Oh oh, is it a dream?

Bm C D7 Bm C

Bright eyes, burning like fire, Bright eyes how can you close

B7/D# Em D7/F# G C

and fail, How can the light that burned so brightly suddenly

Am D7 G Em C

burn so pale, bright eyes

Is it a kind of shadow reaching into the night?

Wandering over the hills unseen or is it a dream?

There's a high wind in the trees, a cold sound in the air

And nobody ever knows when you go and when do you start

Oh oh, into the dark

Bm C D7 Bm C

Bright eyes, burning like fire, Bright eyes how can you close

B7/D# Em D7/F# G C

and fail, How can the light that burned so brightly suddenly

Am D7 G

burn so pale, bright eyes (repeat last stanza)

G G G G

Bright Eyes

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