Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro:
|G+G |G+G |E minorEm |E minorEm |D MajorD |D MajorD |C majorC
Verse 1:
G+G
I remember once I broke down in the country
E minorEm
I was sixteen with a broken heart in bloom
D MajorD
And I walked home through the pines
G+G
Nobody saw me but the moon
G+G
By sunrise I could hear the church bells ringing
E minorEm
I got there as the saints were marching in
D MajorD
I sat down on the back row
G+G
And heard the story once again
Chorus:
E minorEm
And the servants of the secret fire
D MajorD
Were gathered there
A minorAm G+G
The embers of the ages
C majorC D MajorD
Like a living prayer
E minorEm D MajorD
And all at once I saw the shadows flee
C majorC D MajorD C majorC A minorAm G+G E minorEm
Shine your light on me, on me
D MajorD
Be a light unto my path
G+G
And a lamp unto my feet
Verse 2:
G+G
They flew us down to oklahoma city
E minorEm
Yeah, but I could hardly stand there on the stage
D MajorD
So sick I couldn't speak
G+G
And the fever wouldn't break
G+G
But when I stepped up to the microphone I heard it
E minorEm
It was the voices of the brothers at my side
D MajorD C majorC
They were singing out my song
G+G
When the song in me had died
Chorus:
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC D MajorD C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
Oh, shine your light on me
E minorEm C majorC E minorEm C majorC
E minorEm C majorC
Somebody come and get me when I'm gone
E minorEm C majorC
Somebody come and get me when I'm gone, get me when I'm gone
Verse 3:
G+G
Two years ago I drove into a darkness
E minorEm
I straightened every curve on cane ridge road
D MajorD
And I could hear the flapping wings
G+G
Of every devil I have known
G+G
And the inside of my car was like a casket
E minorEm
But then it flooded with a blaze of sacred light
D MajorD
She was calling me back home
G+G D MajorD
And as I pulled into the drive
Chorus:
E minorEm
I knew the servants of the secret fire
D MajorD
Were gathered there
A minorAm G+G
The embers of the ages
C majorC D MajorD
Like a living prayer
E minorEm D MajorD
She was standing on the porch where I could see
C majorC D MajorD C majorC A minorAm G+G E minorEm
Shine your light on me, on me
D MajorD
Be a light unto my path
G+G
And a lamp unto my feet
D MajorD C majorC
Oh, be a light unto my path
C majorC G+G
And a lamp unto my feet