Chords with lyrics
This file is the author's own work & represents their own interpretation of the song.
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Date: 30th Dec 2003 To: Majicat From: DJ
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I think I see the light by Cat Stevens (1970)
CAPO AT 4th FRET (Key of DbDb)
Intro (& riff throughout Verses 1 & 2)
A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD FF C majorC
E MajorE ---------------------|-------2--------1-----0---|
BB ------2--------1-----|-------3--------1-----1---|
G+G ------2--------0-----|-------2--------2-----0---| (x4)
D MajorD ------2--------2-----|--0-0-----0--3------------|
A augmentedA --0-0---0-h3-3----3--|-------------------3------|
E MajorE ---------------------|--------------------------|
Verse 1
A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD FF C majorC A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD FF C majorC
I used to trust nobody, trusting even less their words,
A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD FF C majorC A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD FF C majorC
Until I found somebody, there was no one I pre-fered ,
A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD FF C majorC A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD FF C majorC
My heart was made of stone, I saw only misty grey,
A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD FF C majorC A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD FF C majorC
Until you came into my life ,girl, I saw every-one that way!
Chorus
E minorEm D/F#D/F# C/GC/G F/AF/A
Until I found the one I needed at my side,
E minorEm BB E minorEm FF BB
I think I would've been a sad man all my life---
A augmentedA DD A augmentedA D MajorD D A augmentedA D MajorD D A augmentedA D MajorD D
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / /|
D MajorD FF G+G D MajorD G+G
I think I see the light----, coming to me, coming through me,
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD D A augmentedA D MajorD D A augmentedA C majorC G+G D MajorD
Giving me a second sight. So shine, shine, shine---!
A augmentedA C majorC G+G D MajorD A augmentedA C majorC G+G D MajorD
Shine, shine, shine---! Shine, shine, shine---!
Verse 2
A augmentedA
E MajorE -------------------|----------------------|
BB ------2------2-----|-------2-------2------|
G+G ------2------2-----|-------2-------2------|
D MajorD ------2------2-----|-------2-------2------|
A augmentedA --0-0---0-0--------|--0-0-----0-0---------|
E MajorE -------------------|----------------------|
A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD FF C majorC A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD FF C majorC
I used to walk alone, every step would seem the same,
A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD FF C majorC A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD FF C majorC
This world was not my home, so there was nothing much to gain,
A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD FF C majorC A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD FF C majorC
Look up, and see the clouds, look down and see the cold floor,
A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD FF C majorC A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD FF C majorC
Until you came into my life, girl, I saw nothing, nothing more!
Chorus again
Instrumental break
A augmentedA
E MajorE -------------------|----------------------|
BB ------2------2-----|-------2-------2------|
G+G ------2------2-----|-------2-------2------|
D MajorD ------2------2-----|-------2-------2------|
A augmentedA --0-0---0-0--------|--0-0-----0-0---------|
E MajorE -------------------|----------------------|
E minorEm D/F#D/F# C/GC/G F/AF/A E minorEm BB E minorEm FF
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / |
BB A augmentedA D MajorD D A augmentedA D MajorD D A augmentedA D MajorD D A augmentedA D MajorD D
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / /|
Coda
D MajorD FF G+G D MajorD G+G
I think I see the light---, coming to me, coming through me,
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD D A augmentedA D MajorD D A augmentedA C majorC G+G D MajorD
Giving me a second sight! So shine, shine, shine---,
A augmentedA C majorC G+G D MajorD
||:Shine, shine, shine----! :||(x4)
A augmentedA C majorC G+G D MajorD
Shine, shine, shine----!
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Chords:
A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD FF G+G
x02220 x32010 xx0232 xx3211 320033
MRL RM I IRM RMII MI RL
E minorEm D/F#D/F# C/GC/G F/AF/A BB
022000 200232 332010 x03211 x24442
MR I MLR RLM I RMII IMRLI
N.B: Try playing this song with a plectrum, to make it easier to
emphasis the heavy bass note of each chord.
Left hand Fingers:
T= Thumb I= Index finger M= Middle finger
R= Ring finger L= Little finger
NB: These suggested fingerings of the chords are shown as played
with the left hand (i.e. for a right handed player.)