40 Light Years chords by Colin James

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
Am  C  D  Am Am  D E Am  Am  C  D  Am Am  D E Am

Verse 1:
     Am     C     D          Am   C  D
Put your feet on the dashboard baby take a ride and c'mon
    Am       C       D            Am  C D
There's nothing left to lose but the moon now the money's all gone
       Am        G
And when you get back - You get back down
D
Wait all night for you to come around
  Am       C         D           Am C  D
I'd like to get to know you but you're forty light years away
    Am      C         D          Am   C  D
You can come a little closer but you're forty light years away

Guitar Solo 1:
Am  C  D  Am Am  D E Am  Am  C  D  Am Am  D E Am

Verse 2:
Am       C     D      C     Am   C  D
What you gonna do honey now that the sun's gone down
    Am       C       D      C      Am  C D
Trying to find love when you're living in a one-horse town
       Am     G
I've had the blues - For 14 days
         D
Cause there's a hole in the sky and it's here to stay
  Am       C         D           Am C  D
I'd like to get to know you but you're forty light years away
  Am       C          D         Am   C  D
  Want to get to know you but you're forty light years away

Guitar Solo 2:
Am  C  D  Am Am  D E Am  Am  C  D  Am Am  D E Am
Am  C D Am  C D Am  C D Am  C D
Am  C D Am  C D Am  C D Am  C D
F Am F G
Am  C  D  Am Am  D E Am  Am  C  D  Am Am  D E Am

Verse 3:
     Am        C      D           Am  C D
You can watch 'em come and go yeah they come and go all night long
Am   C      D              Am   C   D
Buffalo girls, blind Willie burn the dance floor down ... Way down
      Am         G
Well it's a long dark road baby where you been?
D
 I keep knocking but I can't come in
Am       C        D         Am  C  D
Came to get you home but you're forty light years away
 Am       C        D         Am  C  D
I need to get you back but you're forty light years away
 Am       C         D         Am  C  D
I want to get to know you but you're forty light years away
 Am       C         D         Am  C  D
I need to get to know you but you're forty light years away

Outro:
Am  C  D  Am Am  D E Am  Am  C  D  Am Am  D E Am
repeat and fade