Chords for Statesmen - The Lighthouse

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[Dm] _ [C] _ _ [E] _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _
[Am] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _
There's [C] a lighthouse _ on a hillside _ [F] that _ _ _ [D]
[C] overlooks Life Sea.
_ When I'm _ tossed, it sends _ out [D] a light that [F] I [G] might see.
_ And the [C] light that shines in darkness _ [F] now will safely lead [D] the old. _
[C] If it wasn't for [F] the [C] _ _
_ [F] lighthouse, my ship [G] would be no more.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ Now the [F] folks that live round about us, [D] _ [C] _ say, tear that old lighthouse down.
_ _ Why, the big [Dm] ships, [C] they don't sail this [D] way any more. _
No need [G] having that old unsightly thing standing round.
[C] _ _ [G] It was them [C] that I remembered when dark and [F] stormy night,
when just in time, [D] I saw the light.
[C] Yes, the light from that old lighthouse.
_ _ It stands, [F] _
and [G] still stands, way up there [C] on the hill. _ _
I break the [Em] _ [Dm] heart [C] of _ _ life, [F] I owe my [D] life [C] to _ [F] Him.
[C] For [Em] Jesus _ [F] is [C] the lighthouse, _ _ [D] and from the rocks [G] I'll spin.
_ He [C] has shown [G] the land [F] _ [C] to me, _ [F] that I might [Fm] clearly [C] _ see.
[Dm] If [C] it _ [G] wasn't [Dm] for the [C] lighthouse, [E] _ [F] _ _ [G] where [Am] would [G] this ship [C] be? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _