Standing In The Light chords by Level 42

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
E7E7 Am7Am7 Bm7Bm7 x4

Verse:
E7E7               Am7Am7        Bm7Bm7      E7E7       Am7Am7 Bm7Bm7
A augmentedA summer's day in sixty-eight, sunlight through a window falls a-cross the page
E7E7                Am7Am7          Bm7Bm7      E7E7       Am7Am7 Bm7Bm7
A augmentedA young boy tries to concentrate, his mind would rather fly beyond the classroom cage
E7E7                Am7Am7     Bm7Bm7     E7E7       Am7Am7 Bm7Bm7
He can take the teacher's voice, turn it into music from a-nother place
E7E7                     Am7Am7      Bm7Bm7      E7E7      Am7Am7 Bm7Bm7
All the other kids don't have that choice, hanging on to every word the teacher says

Chorus:
Dm7Dm7 Am7Am7 G+G    A7A7         Dm7Dm7   Am7Am7  G+G    F#m7F#m7   G+G    B7B7   E7E7 Am7Am7 Bm7Bm7 E7E7 Am7Am7 Bm7Bm7
Day and night - we will be touched, Standing in the light - don't sha-dow the genius

Verse:
E7E7                Am7Am7          Bm7Bm7      E7E7       Am7Am7 Bm7Bm7
So out of school he walks alone, soon his thoughts are flowing like a golden stream

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E7E7                Am7Am7         Bm7Bm7     E7E7       Am7Am7 Bm7Bm7
An empty house he calls his own, this place becomes a temple to a silent dream
E7E7                Am7Am7        Bm7Bm7      E7E7       Am7Am7 Bm7Bm7
Sometimes he will clap and sing, then deep in medi-tation he will learn to be
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E7E7              Am7Am7        Bm7Bm7       E7E7       Am7Am7 Bm7Bm7
And only birds upon the wing, with upward fasci-nation claim to be so free

Chorus:
Dm7Dm7 Am7Am7 G+G    A7A7         Dm7Dm7   Am7Am7  G+G    F#m7F#m7   G+G    B7B7   E7E7 Am7Am7 Bm7Bm7 E7E7 Am7Am7 Bm7Bm7
Day and night - we will be touched, Standing in the light - don't sha-dow the genius

Bridge:
Bb7Bb7 C7C7    Bb7Bb7 C7C7     Bb7Bb7 C7C7    D7D7    F#7F#7
   Your smile,  your freedom,  comes to you from within
Bb7Bb7 C7C7      Bb7Bb7 C7C7      Bb7Bb7 C7C7    D7D7      E7E7
   Still a child   with a reason,   you're af-raid but it's time to begin
Bb7Bb7 C7C7      Bb7Bb7 C7C7         Bb7Bb7    C7C7    Bb7Bb7 A7A7 G#G# F#7F#7
   Blow the wind of change, though the words are strange -  to hear
Bb7Bb7 C7C7      Bb7Bb7 C7C7      Bb7Bb7   C7C7     Bm7Bm7  E7E7 Am7Am7 Bm7Bm7 E7E7 Am7Am7 Bm7Bm7 E7E7 Am7Am7 Bm7Bm7
   Say what's on your mind, now is not the time - for fear

Verse:
E7E7              Am7Am7        Bm7Bm7      E7E7       Am7Am7 Bm7Bm7
A augmentedA summer's day in eight-one, sunlight through a window falls a-cross the page
E7E7                 Am7Am7       Bm7Bm7      E7E7      Am7Am7 Bm7Bm7
A augmentedA young man's fight has just begun, and rising up in-side him is a burning rage
E7E7                Am7Am7        Bm7Bm7         E7E7     Am7Am7 Bm7Bm7
They called his dream a fantasy, a song that every child has sung since time began
E7E7                Am7Am7       Bm7Bm7          E7E7     Am7Am7 Bm7Bm7 E7E7 Am7Am7 Bm7Bm7
But just as long as he believes, standing in the light he'll make them understand            (Fade)