Brighter Days chords by Loggins And Messina
Guitar chords with lyrics
written by Kenny Loggins and Dona Lyn George
from the Motherlode album - 1975
cmaj9 fmaj9 cmaj9 a a7
I've seen brighter, I've known brighter days
dm7 dm7-5
lying alone in the shade of a manzanita;
cmaj9 fmaj9 cmaj9 a a7
it's been sweeter, bitter sweeter days.
dm7 dm7-5
I know it's not for always, but all i can say is
cmaj9 e7
I've known better days.
a7 dm7 g cmaj7
Is summer gone? Has it been that long?
fmaj9 bm7 e7
I guess that's what seasons will bring.
am7 d g cmaj7 cm7
I'm caught again in the autumn wind,
dm7 g
but I remember spring.
cmaj9 Bbmaj9 g11 cmaj9 bmaj9
For I've seen brighter days,
cmaj9 Bbmaj9 em9 a
seen lighter places to stay along my way.
dm7 g cmaj9 Bbmaj9 f g11
Oh, I've seen brighter days
cmaj9 fmaj9 cmaj9 a a7
I've seen warmer, soft and warmer nights
dm7 dm7 cmaj9
lying with love by my side in the sycamores
fmaj9 cmaj9 a a7
there've been finer, I've seen mighty finer nights
dm7 dm7-5 cmaj9
Knowing what's wrong or what's right just don't matter
e7
when you're in warmer nights.
am7 dm7 g cmaj7
But here I am like a sea blown wind
fmaj9 bm7 e7
under my thunder and rain
am7 d g cmaj7 cm7
I'll ride the waves till a sunny day
dm7 g
comes to me again
cmaj9 Bbmaj9 cmaj9
for I've seen brighter days,
Bbmaj9 cmaj9 Bbmaj9 em9 a
seen lighter places to stay along my way.
dm7 g cmaj9 Bbmaj9 f cmaj9
Oh, I've seen brighter days.