Chords with lyrics
Light Years
Glen Travis Campbell
written by Jimmy Webb
album Light Years 1998
Intro G+G D MajorD C majorC G+G D MajorD C majorC
Verse 1
G+G D MajorD C majorC G+G
There?s a lot of empty space separating me from you,
E minorEm C majorC
it feels like eternity,
A minorAm G+G C majorC FF
a lonely place but I Have to make it through,
E MajorE A augmentedA
your love is my destiny,
D MajorD
you?re just across the room,
A augmentedA
but on a scale of Tears,
Chorus 1
E MajorE
well it seems like light years
G+G E MajorE
since I first looked into your eyes
D MajorD
light years and saw them Fill with sweet surprise
F# minorF#m E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD
light years since we said our last goodbye
Verse 2
A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA
It was a long hard fall when I fell in love with you,
F# minorF#m D MajorD
it felt like immortality,
B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD G+G
I came as close to it as anyone could do,
F#F# BB
but it almost cost my sanity,
E MajorE BB
it?s not that long ago, in our short careers
but it seems like
Chorus 2
F#F#
light years
E MajorE A augmentedA F#F#
at least as far as I can see
E MajorE
light years since I held you close to me
BB G# minorG#m F#F# BB
Light years my love goes on endlessly.
Bridge
F#F# A augmentedA
And it?s just another party and it?s just another noise
E MajorE G# minorG#m
and suddenly our eyes meet and you almost loose you poise
BB
and in that fraction of a second
D MajorD F#F#
I know you love me still because the
Chorus 3
BB F#F# A augmentedA F#F#
Light years and I don?t know where or when
BB E MajorE
light years till you?re in my arms again
F#F# G# minorG#m F#F# E MajorE BB A augmentedA G+G
light years I?ll be waiting for you until then
F#F# E MajorE A augmentedA F#F#
light years since I looked into your eyes
BB E MajorE
light years and saw them fill with sweet surprise
F#F# G# minorG#m F#F# BB E MajorE BB E MajorE BB
light years since we said our last goodbye.
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