The Light Chords by The Stranglers

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Destination, [Cm] not a thing that you'd [Fm] plan
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Misunderstanding, [Cm] or relying on [Fm] the sun
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Thunder and lightning, [Cm] did God have [Fm] a hand?
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Wasn't it frightening, _ [Cm] wasn't it sad?
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Would it have mattered, [C] if the timing was right?
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_ Something suppressed, [Cm] or nothing [Fm] so sad?
[Bbm] A night at the whiskey, [Cm] or was I [Fm] just mad?
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Was it intended, [Cm] why was I [Fm] so glad?
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Was it so lovely, _ [Cm] did it seem real?
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Was there a purpose, [F] I just [E] can't tell
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It was [Dm] always darkness, [Am] time was [Dm] never on your [Gm] side
That's the rhyme [C] of ages, [F] and I could tell [D] you why
[G] I'd talk about [E] the daytime, [A] and tell you about [Bb] the night
[Gm] You have to [E] live in darkness, [F] to get some peace [D] of mind
[Bb] Don't try to make [F] the [C] [F] darkness bright
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Night will always [C] dim [Dm] the light
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_ [C] _ _ [Bbm] Something isn't happening, [Cm]
nothing [Fm] ain't right
[Bbm] I've been waiting, _ [Cm]
once in [Fm] all my life
[Bbm] Is it on purpose, [Cm] who knows if [Fm] you'd rise?
[Bbm] I'm biting my nails, [Cm] right through to the bone
[Ab] I seem to be dripping, [F] my blood on [E] the floor
[F] It was [Dm] always darkness, [Am]
time was [Dm] never on your [Gm] side
That's the rhyme [C] of ages, [F] and I could tell [D] you why
[G] I'd talk about [E] the daytime, [A] and tell you about [Bb] the night
[Gm] You have to live [E] in darkness, [F] to get some peace [D] of mind
[Bb] Don't try to make the [C] darkness [F]
bright
[Dm] _ _ [Bb] Night will always [C] dim [Dm] the _ [Bb] light
[Gm] _ _ [C] _ [F] If I could tell, [Bb] I might as well
[C] If it was her, [F] the honest words
That [Dm] you should know, [Db] that no one knows
[G] The words just can't [C] be heard
Now [Bbm] it doesn't matter, [Cm] it's too late to [Fm] care
[Bbm] If something you'd say, but [Cm] I'd keep up in the [Fm] air
[Bbm] You'd try to criticize it, [Cm] I wouldn't be [Fm] there
[Bbm] You couldn't do that, [Cm] you'd be such a bore
[Ab] It's only the thinking, [D] that [F] altered the [Bb] score
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It was [Dm] always darkness, [Am] time was [Dm] never on your [Gm] side
That's the rhyme [C] of ages, [F] and I could tell [D] you why
[G] I'd talk about [E] the daytime, [A] and tell you about [Bb] the night
[Gm] You have to live [E] in darkness, [F] to get some peace [D] of mind
[Bb] Don't try to make the [C] darkness [F] bright
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Night will always [C] dim [Dm] the light
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_ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ If I could tell, I might as well
If it was her, the honest words
Now it doesn't matter, it's too late to care _