Lightning In A Bottle chords by Emily Scott Robinson

• Capo on 4th
• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Tuning: Standard

Key: B

🎸 Intro:

G G



🎸 Verse 1:
    G                        D5                           C/G
The summer that I turned nineteen was a hundred shades of green
                    Dadd4/A
I just wanted to be seen
G                            D5                                 C/G
Heavy like the air before it rains, clean like grass and summer sage
                    Dadd4/A
I lost track of all the days
G                             D5                            C/G
Warm like the sunshine on the pines, fresh tomatoes off the vine
                        Dadd4/A
Pickin’ peaches for the pie
G                                D5                             C/G
Cold, like that first beer on my lips and those midnight skinny dips
                  Dadd4/A
Careful like your kiss

🎸 Chorus:
C/G            G          Cadd9 D5    C/G
Lightning in a bottle, if only  I had known
       C/G             G            C/G               Dadd4/A
I’d be back here after twenty years driving down this road
C/G                  G                 Cadd9  D5        C/G
Wondering where that girl has gone and how to bring her back
        C/G              G          Am7  D5            G      Cadd9 Dadd4/A C/G
Missing life when it was easier and love   when it was magic


🎸 Verse 2:
G                                D5                               C/G
Dark like that trail through the woods, sneaking out late when we could
                     Dadd4/A
My hand in yours fit good
G                        D5                        C/G
Bright like Venus on the rise in the early morning sky
               Dadd4/A
I grew up that night
G                                D5                                C/G
Breathless, heart pounding in my chest
I placed your hand upon my breast
                       Dadd4/A
And surrendered to the rest


🎸 Chorus:
C/G            G          Cadd9 D5    C/G
Lightning in a bottle, if only  I had known
       C/G             G            C/G               Dadd4/A
I’d be back here after twenty years driving down this road
C/G                  G                 Cadd9  D5        C/G
Wondering where that girl has gone and how to bring her back
        C/G              G          Am7  D5            G
Missing life when it was easier and love   when it was magic


🎸 Bridge:
    Cadd9         Dadd4/A          C/G
And every dream I had back then is finally coming true
         Cadd9             Dadd4/A       C/G
But last night I found the letter that I kept for years from you
      Cadd9       Dadd4/A            C/G
And I wonder if I lost something somewhere along the way
       Am7     Gadd4/B  C                 C              Dadd4/A
I came back to find the piece of my heart buried in this place


🎸 Chorus:
C/G            G          Cadd9 D5    C/G
Lightning in a bottle, if only  I had known
     C/G                G             C/G          Dadd4/A
That summer flames burn out so just enjoy the afterglow
     C/G              G                 Cadd9     D5     C/G
That time is touching all of us and the years are coming fast
        C/G              G          Am7
Missing life when it was easier and love
Dadd4/A
Oh, love



C/G            G          Cadd9 D5    C/G
Lightning in a bottle, if only  I had known
       C/G             G            C/G               Dadd4/A
I’d be back here after twenty years driving down this road
C/G                  G                 Cadd9  D5        C/G
Wondering where that girl has gone and how to bring her back
        C/G              G          Am7  D5            G
Missing life when it was easier and love   when it was magic



Chords:
G:       32000x
D5:      xx023x
Dadd4/A: 55403x
C:       x3201x
Cadd9:   x3203x
C/G:     33201x
Am7:     x0201x
Gadd4/B: x2001x