Chords for By the Light of Common Day

[G] By the [C] light of common [F] _
days, _ _ _ _ _ [G] things [C] looked [F] different _ _ than _
[G] _ they [Em] did in the _ starlit _ [D] dark.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ The dark was warm and _ [F] clouded.
_ _ _ _ It was [G]
easy to [F] deceive yourself _ _ [G] _
and those around [D] you.
[G] In the [F] world, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ they say that [C] _ craziness and pain are spreading out to stain it.
_ Exactly where you gained the spark to make it. _ _ _
As if being happy [G] isn't quite [A] enough, somehow I [Em] needed to make it rough.
[C] _ Rough enough [G] _
[A] to _ break _ [Em] _ it.
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To [A] make those [C] long _ [F] connections _ _ and _ [Em] _ _ [C] run [Em] in wrong [F] _ directions. _ _ _
Till I [G] break _ _ [F] it loose.
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I [Am] was wrong, [C] of course [F] I see now.
_ _ _ The spark [G] is there _ [F] all the time now.
_ _ _ [G] If [Am] you know [G] _ how to [C] listen to your [F] calling.
_ _ _ The _ [G] music _ _ _ [F] quietly knocking _ on _ _ your door now. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ They say that _ [D] craziness and [F] pain are [C] spreading out to stain it.
_ Exactly where you gained the spark to make it.
_ _ As if being happy [G] isn't quite enough, [Am] somehow I [Em] needed to make it [C] rough.
Rough enough _ _ to [Am] break _ [Em] _ _ it.
_ [C] Rough enough [G] _ _ _ [Am] to break _ it.
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have to go _ [F] faithfully _ _ _ [G] each _ [F] _ day. _
_ _ [G] And _ open up [C] your [F] head _ _ [A] _
_ some [F] way, _ _ _
[A] _ _ [F] somehow. _ _ _ _
[G] _ [F] And what will [C] come in answer?
[F] Some strong and gentle _ [C]
dancer will carry a song _ _ through your _ _ door. _
_ _ Some great lifting [G] force of light [Am] will come to [Em] balance fearful [C] night.
And raise _ [G] its voice and then [Am] raise _ yours.
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_ [C] _ Raise _ [G] its voice and then [Am] raise _ _ [Em] yours. _
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