Chords for Nickel Creek "The Lighthouse's Tale"

Shorter by the minute.
So we're gonna try not to [G] talk, like, at all.
We're gonna do a song now that I wrote.
There, [F#] I already broke it.
Dang it.
[F] Piece of [F#] junk.
We're gonna do a song that I wrote with a friend of mine named Adam McKenzie.
We had this thing for [F] lighthouses.
I'm not [C] exactly sure why.
[F#] _ And we just wanted to know what it would be like [D] to hear a song sung from [G] a lighthouse.
And what lighthouses go through.
What are their deals?
What's up with them?
What's up with a lighthouse?
So that's the question we ask.
And this is what we came up with.
It's called The Lighthouse's Tale.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
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_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ I [Em] am a lighthouse
_ [G]
Worn by the weather [D] and the waves _
_ And I'll [Em] keep my lamp there
[G]
To warn the sailors [D] on their way
And I'll [Em] tell the story
_ [D]
I'll paint you a picture from my past _
_ When I [Em] was so happy
[G]
The joy in this life [D] seldom _ lasts
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ I [Bm] had a keeper
_ [G] _
He helped me warn [D] the ships at sea _
_ We [Em] had grown closer
[D]
Death and joy meant everything [A] to me _
_ He [Em] was the Mary
_ [D]
A girl who shone with beauty [A] and light _
_ And they [Em] loved each [G] other
They bid me watch the [D] sunsets in June nights _
_ And [C] the winds crashing [Bm]
around me
[A#] The sounds [C] of _ [D]
Santa's sin
And [C] the words I blow
[Bm]
Remind me of what [Em] has been
[F#m] _ _ [G] _
[A] And what can [D] never _ be _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ [F#] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] She'd dare to leave us
[G] My keeper, he prayed for a safe [D] return _ _
_ But [Em] when the night came
[G] The weather too [D] arranged and storm [A] hath struck
[C] _
_ [Em] He watched our ship [G] fight
But in vain against the wild and [D] terrible _ [A] wind _
_ It [Em] made me so helpless
[D] As I dashed against the rocks and met her _ _ race
_ [C] And the winds crashing [Bm]
around me
[A#] The sounds [C] of _ [D]
Santa's sin
And [C] the words I blow
[Bm]
Remind me of what [E] has been
[F#m] _ _ [G] _
[A] And what can [D] never be _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Then on the next day
The keeper found her washed up on the shore
_ _ _ He kissed [B] her cold face
[D] And they'd be together soon [Bm] he _ _ swore
_ I saw [Em] him crying
[Gm] I watched as he buried [D] her in the sand
_ _ And then he climbed [Em] my tower
_ [G] And he held the edge of [D] me in his hand
_ _ And [C] the winds crashing [Bm] around me
[A#] The sounds [C] of [D] Santa's sin
And [C] the words I blow
_ [Bm] Remind me of what [Em] has [F#m] been
_ [G] _ [A] And what can [D] never be _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I am [B] a lighthouse
_ [D] Worn by the weather and the winds _ _ _
And though [E] I'm empty
[D] I still warn the sailors on their way _ _
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