Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Verse 1:
FF C majorC Bb majorBb FF
Polites: Oh, I know the world's not always pretty
DmDm Bb majorBb C majorC
And there're days that seem to last for way too long
FF C majorC Bb majorBb FF
Oh, I know the world can get real lonely
DmDm Bb majorBb C majorC
And there're times you feel too hopeless to go on
Pre-Chorus:
Bb majorBb C majorC
But hey there bro, don't you know
A minorAm DmDm
Look deep inside and there you go
Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm FF
Hanging in your heart I'm always there
Bb majorBb C majorC
And hey there bro, can't you see
A minorAm DmDm
No matter what you still have me
Bb majorBb DmDm C majorC
So when you need a friend or when you're scared
Chorus:
FF C majorC Bb majorBb
Just let me be your light
FF DmDm FF C majorC
Let me be the stars you see at night
FF C majorC Bb majorBb FF
Let me be the arms that hold you tight
DmDm C majorC
When life gets hard or when you're lost in the dark
Bb majorBb FF C majorC
Let me be your li-ight
Bb majorBb DmDm C majorC
Let me be your li-ight
FF
Let me be your light
Verse 2:
C majorC Bb majorBb
(Polites: Aw c'mon! Why're you so serious all the time?
DmDm Bb majorBb
"Hey, look at me, I'm the captain! Alright, listen up-"
C majorC
Odysseus: What? Polites: That's what you sound like!
C majorC
Odysseus: I don't sound like that. Polites: Sure.)
FF C majorC Bb majorBb FF
Do you remember when we would run
DmDm Bb majorBb C majorC
Through the forest looking for the largest threat?
FF
(Well, you would run - I would follow)
FF C majorC Bb majorBb FF
Odysseus: Oh, I remember the thrill and the fun
DmDm Bb majorBb C majorC
Polites: Until the day we found that giant boar's den
C majorC
Odysseus: (That was terrifying.)
FF C majorC
Polites: We were rather young and I was oh-so scared
Bb majorBb FF
I saw it lunge and I stared
DmDm Bb majorBb C majorC
Odysseus: You tried to move but your muscles wouldn't give
FF C majorC
Polites: But then you jumped right in its way
Bb majorBb FF
You forced the boar down and saved the day
DmDm Bb majorBb C majorC
Odysseus: I only took the blow so you could live
Pre-Chorus:
Bb majorBb C majorC
Polites: Wh-oa! And hey there friend, don't forget
A minorAm DmDm
That even when the sun has set
Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm FF
Hanging in your heart I'm always there
Bb majorBb C majorC
And hey there friend, can't you see
A minorAm DmDm
No matter what it's you and me
Bb majorBb DmDm C majorC
So when you need a hand or when you're scared
Chorus:
FF C majorC Bb majorBb
Both: Just let me be your light
FF DmDm FF C majorC
Let me be the stars you see at night
FF C majorC Bb majorBb FF
Let me be the arms that hold you tight
DmDm C majorC
When life gets hard or when you're lost in the dark
Bb majorBb FF C majorC
Let me be your li-ight
Bb majorBb DmDm C majorC Bb majorBb FF C majorC
Let me be your li---/Let me be your li-ight
Bb majorBb DmDm C majorC
Let me be your li-ight
Bb majorBb DmDm C majorC FF
Let me be your li------ight
Bb majorBb DmDm C majorC
Li---ight
FF
Polites: Let me be your light
Notes:
If you want to pluck this song instead, pluck the C majorC string (2nd from top)
and then the other three twice with a beat in between:
1 3 x 3
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