Chords for John Starnes - The Lighthouse

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_ There's a lighthouse on a hillside [Bbm] that [Ab] _ _ overlooks [Eb] the life sea.
[Ab] _ [Ab] When [Eb] I'm tossed about it sends out a light _ [F] _ that I [Bb] might see.
And [Eb] the light that shines in the darkness _ now [Ab] will safely [Db] lead us home.
_ [Eb] If it wasn't for the lighthouse this [Bb] ship would be [Eb] no more.
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[Dbm] _ [B] _ [E] _ Everybody [Abm] that lives [E] around us _ [A] says tear that lighthouse [E] down.
_ _ The big ships don't [Abm] sail this [E] way anymore.
[Gb] There's no use of it standing [B] around.
But then [E] my mind [Abm] goes back [E] to that stormy night [A] when just in time I [Am] saw
_ [D] yes [E] the light [Abm] _
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] that stands upon [E] the hill.
_ _ _ And I [A] thank God [E] _ [A] for the lighthouse.
[G] [D] I owe my life [A] to _ Him.
For [E] Jesus [A] is the lighthouse [B] and from the [E] rocks of sin
He has [A] shown the [E] light [A] around _
[G] [D] me that I could [A] clearly see.
If it [E] wasn't for [A] the lighthouse [Gbm] [E] tell me where would this [A] ship be?
He has [E] shown the light [A] all around me [G] _ [D] that I could clearly [A] see. _ _
If it [E] wasn't [A] for the [E] lighthouse [Gbm] [E] tell me _ where would this ship [A] _ be?
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