The Lighthouse chords by The Florida Boys

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: D

Difficulty: Novice

The Lighthouse
 by Ronnie Hinson ©1970 as recorded by The Florida Boys

Verse 1:
D
There's a lighthouse on a hillside
     G                D
That overlooks life's sea.
                                      E
When I'm tossed it sends out a light
             A
that I might see.
        D                                       G              E
And the light that shines in darkness now, will safely lead me home,
      D
If it wasn't for the lighthouse,
   A7                 D
my ship would sail no more.

Refrain:
D                                     G              D
And I thank God for The Lighthouse, I owe my life to Him.
                                E                 A
For Jesus is The Lighthouse and from the rocks of sin,
       D                              G               D
He has shone the light around me that I might clearly see.
                                         A7                    D
If it wasn't for The Lighthouse, tell me where would this ship be?

Verse 2:
D
Now everybody that lives around us,
     G                    D
says tear that lighthouse down.

No the big ships don't sail this way anymore,
        E                      A7
There’s no use of it standing ‘round
            D
But then my mind goes back to that stormy night,
     G              E
when just in time I saw that old light
         D
And  the light from that old lighthouse,
      A7                  D
still stands there on the hill.

Refrain:
D                                     G              D
And I thank God for The Lighthouse, I owe my life to Him.
                                E                 A
For Jesus is The Lighthouse and from the rocks of sin,
       D                              G               D
He has shone the light around me that I might clearly see.
                                         A7                    D
If it wasn't for The Lighthouse, tell me where would this ship be?
                                             A7                    D
Yes if it wasn't for The Lighthouse, tell me where would this ship be?