Silver Lining chords by Bonnie Raitt

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: F#

🎸 Intro:


F#  E  B

🎸 Verse 1:

F#            E  B              F#  E  B
Take this silver lining / Keep it in your own sweet head
F#         B          F#  E B
And shine it when the night is burning red
F#             E  B             F#  B
Shine it in the twilight / Shine it on the cold, cold ground
F#             B          F#   B
Shine it till the walls / Come tumbling down

🎸 Chorus:

C#        B       F    C#         B        F     C#
We are born with our eyes wide open / So alive with wild hope now, Can you tell me why…
E          F#    E         F#
Time after time they drag you down / Down in the darkest deep
E          D#      E          B
Fools in their madness all around /  Know that the light don't sleep


🎸 Verse 2:

F#            E B             F# E B
Step into the silence / Take it in your own Two hands
F#            E   B          F#  E B
And scatter it like diamonds / All across these lands
F#              B           F#  B
Blaze it in the morning / Wear it like an iron skin
F#                B           F#  B
Only things worth living for are Innocence and magic, amen


🎸 Chorus:

C#        B       F    C#         B        F     C#
We are born with our eyes wide open / So alive with wild hope now, Can you tell me why…
E          F#    E         F#
Time after time they drag you down / Down in the darkest deep
E          D#      E          B
Fools in their madness all around /  Know that the light don't sleep

🎸 Instrumental:

F# E  B   F#  E  B  F# E  B   F#  E  B


repeat 🎸 Verse 1:

F#            E  B              F#  E  B
Take this silver lining / Keep it in your own sweet head
F#         B          F#  E B
And shine it when the night is burning red
F#             E  B             F#  B
Shine it in the twilight / Shine it on the cold, cold ground
F#             B          F#   B
Shine it till the walls / Come tumbling down


🎸 Chorus:

  C#        B       F    C#         B        F     C#
We are born with our eyes wide open / So alive with wild hope now, Can you tell me why…
E          F#    E         F#
Time after time they drag you down / Down in the darkest deep
E          D#      E          B
Fools in their madness all around /  Know that the light don't sleep


TAG:
      E      B
Know the light don’t sleep


Guitar solo over verse chords:

F# E  B   F#  E  B  F# E  B   F#  E  B
F#   B   F#    B  F#   B   F#    B

🎸 Outro:

E           F#           E         F#
Time after time / They drag you down / Down in the darkness deep
E          D#         E              B
Fools in their madness all around / Know that the light don't sleep
E        B
Know that the light don't sleep

E           F#           E         F#
Time after time / They drag you down / Down in the darkness deep
E          D#         E              B
Fools in their madness all around / Know that the light don't sleep
E        B
Know that the light don't sleep