The Lighthouses Tale chords by Nickel Creek

Chords with lyrics

"The Lighthouse's Tale"

Standard tuning

Intro:  E minorEm - G+G ? D MajorD

    E minorEm      G+G             D MajorD
I am a lighthouse, worn by the weather and the waves.
     E minorEm      G+G             D MajorD
I keep my lamp lit, to warn the sailors on their way.
      E minorEm   G+G              D MajorD
I'll tell a story, paint you a picture from my past.
    E minorEm      G+G            D MajorD
I was so happy, but joy in this life seldom lasts.
    E minorEm     G+G              D MajorD
I had a keeper, he helped me warn the ships at sea.
     E minorEm       G+G               D MajorD
We had grown closer, 'till his joy meant everything to me.
      E minorEm     G+G               D MajorD
And he was to marry, a girl who shone with beauty and light.
       E minorEm        G+G                D MajorD
And they loved each other, and with me watched the sunsets into night.

Chorus:

    C majorC           B minorBm    Bb majorBb      C majorC  D MajorD
And the waves crashing around me, the sand slips out to sea.
    C majorC           B minorBm        E minorEm  F# minorF#m  G+G  A augmentedA    D MajorD
And the winds that blow remind me, of what has been,     and what can never be.


Instrumental break: E minorEm ? G+G ? D MajorD


       E minorEm      G+G              D MajorD
She'd had to leave us, my keeper he prayed for a safe return.
       E minorEm       G+G               D MajorD
But when the night came, the weather to a raging storm had turned.
      E minorEm          G+G                  D MajorD
He watched her ship fight, but in vain against the wild and terrible wave.
     E minorEm      G+G                 D MajorD
In me so helpless, as dashed against the rock she met her end.

[Chorus]

      E minorEm       G+G                 D MajorD
Then on the next day, my keeper found her washed up on the SHORE.
      E minorEm        G+G               D MajorD
He kissed her cold face, that they'd be together soon he'd swore.
     E minorEm    G+G               D MajorD
I saw him crying, watched as he buried her in the sand.
     E minorEm           G+G            D MajorD
And then he climbed my tower, and off of the edge of me he ran.

[Chorus]

    E minorEm     G+G              D MajorD
I am a lighthouse, worn by the weather and the waves.
       E minorEm       G+G             D MajorD
And though I am empty, I still warn the sailors on their way.