Chords for So Said The Lighthouse Keeper

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I am the [B] very _ [G#] loneliest of creatures in [F#] my own _ neighborhood.
_ [A] _ Indeed I am an [A#m] epitaph [Bm] to man,
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_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] For having witnessed mass destruction like you've [G#] never dreamed [A] and were.
_ [N] _ _ I fear I shall bear witness [F#m] once [A] again. _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] So said the lighthouse [Am] keeper,
[D] As he struggled up [E] the spiral stairs,
[F] Which led him to [E] the laser flare [Bm] which scanned [B] the cosmic void.
_ [E] Where keeping _ [Am] constant vigil,
He for [D]
one has balanced [E] the God of comets.
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Beware all ships, [E] the space graveyard [A] and [B] its stones of asteroids.
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[F#] _ _ [Am] _ Grace was thought [B] immune,
_ _ _ They did [Em] consume.
_ [Am] So be warned, _ [F#] be warned,
[B] Do not [A] _ _ [G] _ _
[F#] _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] do [B] this, _
_ _ [F#] they [F] say,
Eat [E] up the, _ or [Am] you'll _ [C] _ _ [B] break me and _ _ _ _ [G] your [A] world.
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So said the lighthouse [Am] keeper, _
[D] As he wiped a teardrop [E] from his nose.
[F] Upon which his [F#] spectacles rose [Bm] and gazed out [B] to the stars.
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And like a portrait, [Am] still he stared,
[D]
And sighing to [E] himself declared,
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I must [G] invent [E] the perfect [A] crown,
[Bm] Not yours, not mine, [B] but [A] his.
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_ [F#] _ [Am] Which in the name [B] of charity,
_ Might lead us to [Em] _
_ _ [G] [Am] the ultimate _ [A#]
philosophy.
_ [B] Some simple [A] singer [G] prayed,
_ [F#] _ [A] The hour [C] watch [B] in comfort mine,
Then came [A] to rest, [G]
[F#] repent in [E] _ blame. _ _ _
_ [Am] He thought _ [C] and thought _ _ [B] and thought _ away,
_ His [A#] last _ [F#] _ _
[B] remaining _ [E] day.
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