Light Years chords by Glen Campbell

Light Years
Glen Travis Campbell
written by Jimmy Webb
album Light Years 1998


Intro G D C G D C

Verse 1

         G   D      C      G
There?s a lot of empty space separating me from you,
  Em      C
it feels like eternity,
Am    G      C        F
a lonely place but I Have to make it through,
   E      A
your love is my destiny,
      D
you?re just across the room,
     A
but on a scale of Tears,

Chorus 1

          E
well it seems like light years
        G        E
since I first looked into your eyes
   D
light years and saw them Fill with sweet surprise
F#m          E        A  D
light years since we said our last goodbye

Verse 2

     A     E      D         A
It was a long hard fall when I fell in love with you,
  F#m      D
it felt like immortality,
Bm      A       D      G
  I came as close to it as anyone could do,
    F#      B
but it almost cost my sanity,
        E        B
it?s not that long ago, in our short careers

but it seems like

Chorus 2

F#
light years
       E   A   F#
at least as far as I can see
E
light years since I held you close to me
B   G#m      F#    B
Light years my love goes on endlessly.

Bridge

     F#             A
And it?s just another party and it?s just another noise
   E               G#m
and suddenly our eyes meet and you almost loose you poise
      B
and in that fraction of a second
 D         F#
I know you love me still because the

Chorus 3

B   F#     A          F#
Light years and I don?t know where or when
B   E
light years till you?re in my arms again
F#  G#m      F#     E     B  A G
light years I?ll be waiting for you until then
F#     E    A        F#
light years since I looked into your eyes
B   E
light years and saw them fill with sweet surprise
F#   G#m      F#         B  E B E B
light years since we said our last goodbye.

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