I Saw The Light chords by Nerina Pallot

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:

G# minorG#m D#D#

Verse:

G# minorG#m
I saw the light, I saw the light
  G# minorG#m
Now ain't that funny?
G#G#
I saw the light, I saw the light
  G#m7G#m7           B7B7
And man it got me, got me to thinking
        E MajorE
The way of the righteous, that's a lie
C#m7C#m7        D#7D#7      G# minorG#m
One more myth to keep you down until you die

G# minorG#m
You make your bed, you lie in it
   G# minorG#m
Don't everybody?
G# minorG#m
You make your bed cause in the end
    G#m7G#m7
We all need somebody
          B7B7
But there'll come a day
      E MajorE
Out of the shadows we will shine
C#m7C#m7    D#7D#7     G# minorG#m
Every man a king in his own right

Bridge:

        B7B7
There'll come a day
     E MajorE
Turn our troubles into diamonds
C# minorC#m        D#7D#7
I saw the light, I saw the light
 G# minorG#m
I saw the light

Chorus:

    E MajorE          D#7D#7
And it ain't no use holding back the truth
   G# minorG#m       F#F#       C#7C#7
Like holding back the ocean with your hands
  C#m7C#m7
Oh I saw the light, I saw the light
 D#7D#7           G# minorG#m
I saw the light and now I understand

Verse:

G# minorG#m
I saw the light, I saw the light
   G# minorG#m
And I tell you something
G# minorG#m
You gotta fight, you gotta fight
     G#m7G#m7
If you do just one thing
       B7B7
Oh we may be no-one
      E MajorE
Picking the locks on the doors of power
  C#m7C#m7      D#7D#7
But brother you and me
            G# minorG#m
We're the mothers of invention

Bridge:

     B7B7
We may be no-one
      E MajorE
But we be nimble, we be quick
C#m7C#m7
You and me
      D#7D#7      G#m7G#m7
We're the birth of imagination

Chorus:

    E MajorE          D#7D#7
And it ain't no use holding back the truth
   G# minorG#m       F#F#       C#7C#7
Like holding back the ocean with your hands
  C#m7C#m7
Oh I saw the light, I saw the light
 D#7D#7           G#m7G#m7
I saw the light and now I understand

Outro:

   G# minorG#m
Now I understand