Chords for Gary Rounds "The Lighthouse"
Tempo:
86.65 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
A
F#
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] There's a lighthouse over hillside, [A] [Am] over the [E] sea.
[A] [Em] When I [F#] toss [C#m] the things out of line, [B] [E] [F#] that I might [C#] see.
[B] [A] And the [E] light that [D] shines in darkness now, [A] will safely lead [F#] me home.
[E] If it wasn't for the lighthouse, [B] my ship would be no [E]
more.
[B] [F#m] Well [E] everybody that lives around us, [Am] said to tell me that old [E] lighthouse down.
[B] [E]
[A] The big [B] ships don't [C#m] sail this way [B] anymore, Lord ain't [F#] no use in standing [A] around.
[B] But [E] my mind goes [Bm] back, to that stormy night, [B] Lord [A]
just the time I [F#] saw the light.
[E] It was the light from that old lighthouse, [C#] [B]
that stands upon [E] the hill.
[B]
I [E] thank [B] God for [E] the lighthouse, [D] [Am] I owe my life to [E]
[B] Him.
[F#m] [E] For Jesus is [C#m]
the lighthouse, [F#] and from the rocks of [B] the sea.
He has [E] shown the light around [D] me, [Am] and I'm making a [E] sea.
[B] [E] If it wasn't [C#m] for the lighthouse, [Bm] [F#] [C#] where would this ship [E] be?
[C#] If [B] [E] it [B] wasn't for [C#m] the lighthouse, [A] [F#]
[E] where would this [A] ship be?
[E] [F#m]
[A] [Em] When I [F#] toss [C#m] the things out of line, [B] [E] [F#] that I might [C#] see.
[B] [A] And the [E] light that [D] shines in darkness now, [A] will safely lead [F#] me home.
[E] If it wasn't for the lighthouse, [B] my ship would be no [E]
more.
[B] [F#m] Well [E] everybody that lives around us, [Am] said to tell me that old [E] lighthouse down.
[B] [E]
[A] The big [B] ships don't [C#m] sail this way [B] anymore, Lord ain't [F#] no use in standing [A] around.
[B] But [E] my mind goes [Bm] back, to that stormy night, [B] Lord [A]
just the time I [F#] saw the light.
[E] It was the light from that old lighthouse, [C#] [B]
that stands upon [E] the hill.
[B]
I [E] thank [B] God for [E] the lighthouse, [D] [Am] I owe my life to [E]
[B] Him.
[F#m] [E] For Jesus is [C#m]
the lighthouse, [F#] and from the rocks of [B] the sea.
He has [E] shown the light around [D] me, [Am] and I'm making a [E] sea.
[B] [E] If it wasn't [C#m] for the lighthouse, [Bm] [F#] [C#] where would this ship [E] be?
[C#] If [B] [E] it [B] wasn't for [C#m] the lighthouse, [A] [F#]
[E] where would this [A] ship be?
[E] [F#m]
Key:
E
B
A
F#
C#m
E
B
A
[E] _ There's a lighthouse _ over hillside, _ _ [A] _ [Am] over the [E] sea. _
_ _ [A] [Em] When I [F#] toss [C#m] the things out of line, [B] _ [E] _ [F#] _ that I might [C#] see.
_ [B] _ [A] And the [E] light that _ [D] shines in darkness now, [A] _ _ will safely lead [F#] me home.
_ _ [E] If it wasn't for the lighthouse, _ _ [B] my ship would be no [E]
more.
_ _ [B] _ _ [F#m] Well [E] everybody _ _ that lives around us, [Am] said to tell me that old [E] lighthouse down.
[B] _ _ [E]
[A] The big [B] ships don't [C#m] sail this way [B] anymore, Lord ain't [F#] no use in standing [A] around.
[B] But [E] my mind goes [Bm] back, to that stormy night, [B] Lord [A]
just the time I [F#] saw the light.
[E] It was the light from that old lighthouse, _ [C#] _ [B]
that stands upon [E] the hill.
_ _ [B] _
_ I [E] thank [B] God for [E] the lighthouse, [D] _ _ [Am] I owe my life to [E] _
[B] Him.
[F#m] [E] For Jesus is [C#m]
the lighthouse, _ [F#] _ and from the rocks of [B] the sea.
He has [E] shown the light around [D] me, _ [Am] _ and I'm making a [E] sea.
_ [B] _ [E] If it wasn't [C#m] for the lighthouse, _ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _ [C#] where would this ship [E] be?
_ [C#] If [B] _ _ [E] it _ [B] wasn't for [C#m] the lighthouse, [A] _ [F#]
[E] where would this [A] ship _ _ be? _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [A] [Em] When I [F#] toss [C#m] the things out of line, [B] _ [E] _ [F#] _ that I might [C#] see.
_ [B] _ [A] And the [E] light that _ [D] shines in darkness now, [A] _ _ will safely lead [F#] me home.
_ _ [E] If it wasn't for the lighthouse, _ _ [B] my ship would be no [E]
more.
_ _ [B] _ _ [F#m] Well [E] everybody _ _ that lives around us, [Am] said to tell me that old [E] lighthouse down.
[B] _ _ [E]
[A] The big [B] ships don't [C#m] sail this way [B] anymore, Lord ain't [F#] no use in standing [A] around.
[B] But [E] my mind goes [Bm] back, to that stormy night, [B] Lord [A]
just the time I [F#] saw the light.
[E] It was the light from that old lighthouse, _ [C#] _ [B]
that stands upon [E] the hill.
_ _ [B] _
_ I [E] thank [B] God for [E] the lighthouse, [D] _ _ [Am] I owe my life to [E] _
[B] Him.
[F#m] [E] For Jesus is [C#m]
the lighthouse, _ [F#] _ and from the rocks of [B] the sea.
He has [E] shown the light around [D] me, _ [Am] _ and I'm making a [E] sea.
_ [B] _ [E] If it wasn't [C#m] for the lighthouse, _ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _ [C#] where would this ship [E] be?
_ [C#] If [B] _ _ [E] it _ [B] wasn't for [C#m] the lighthouse, [A] _ [F#]
[E] where would this [A] ship _ _ be? _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _