Guiding Light tab by Foy Vance

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              GUIDING LIGHT - Foy Vance
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Credit for working out this tab goes entirely to Steven McBride:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ucp7N43bLqg

I just wanted to write up what he's figured out as it sounds far closer than the other versions on here.

Asus4Asus4 Tuning: E-A-D-E-A-e
(low to high - so, start of in standard tuning, then drop the G+G down to E MajorE and the BB down to A augmentedA).

Capo: 4th fret (all tabs below relative)

Here's a list of the main chords ?" they all have very similar names, so try just to play the tab below
in time with the song, and you should figure it out pretty quickly! Don't forget to add in a bit of
improvisation for good measure! :)

CHORDS:
  E11sus2 E11E11   E7sus4E7sus4  E4    E9sus4E9sus4  Esus4Esus4  E13sus4E13sus4
e|--0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------|
A augmentedA|--0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------|
E MajorE|--2--------4--------5--------0--------0--------0--------0--------|
D MajorD|--0--------0--------0--------2--------4--------2--------4--------|
A augmentedA|--0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------2--------4--------|
E MajorE|--0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------|

VERSE:
     E11sus2   E11E11   E7sus4E7sus4
e|-------0------------0--------0--|
A augmentedA|-------0------------0--------0--|
E MajorE|-------2-----------/4-------/5--|
D MajorD|-------0------------0--------0--|
A augmentedA|-------0------------0--------0--|
E MajorE|-------0------------0--------0--|
Well the road is wide,

  E11E11   E11sus2 E4       E9sus4E9sus4  E4
e|--0--------0--------0--------------0--------0--|
A augmentedA|--0--------0--------0--------------0--------0--|
E MajorE|-\4-------\2--------0--------------0--------0--|
D MajorD|--0--------0--------2-------------/4-------\2--|
A augmentedA|--0--------0--------0--------------0--------0--|
E MajorE|--0--------0--------0--------------0--------0--|
And waters  run on  either side,

            Esus4Esus4     E13sus4E13sus4  Esus4Esus4
e|----------------------0--------------0--------0--|
A augmentedA|----------------------0--------------0--------0--|
E MajorE|----------------------0--------------0--------0--|
D MajorD|----------------------2-------------/4-------\2--|
A augmentedA|----------------------2-------------/4-------\2--|
E MajorE|----------------------0--------------0--------0--|
And my shadow went with fading light,

         E4       E9sus4E9sus4  E4
e|---------------0--------------0--------0--|
A augmentedA|---------------0--------------0--------0--|
E MajorE|---------------0--------------0--------0--|
D MajorD|---------------2-------------/4-------\2--|
A augmentedA|---------------0--------------0--------0--|
E MajorE|---------------0--------------0--------0--|
Stretching out towards the night.

'Cause the Sun is low,
And I yet have still so far to go,
My lonely heart is beating so,
Tired of the wonder.

But there's a sign ahead,
Though I think it's the same one again,
And I'm thinking 'bout my only friend,
And so I find my way home.

**Before it goes into the chorus play the following**

  E4    E9sus4E9sus4  E3add4  E4*
e|--0--------0--------0--------0--------|
A augmentedA|--0--------0--------0--------0--------|
E MajorE|--0--------0--------0--------0--------|
D MajorD|--2--------4--------6--------7--------|
A augmentedA|--0--------0--------0--------0--------|
E MajorE|--0--------0--------0--------0--------|

**The same chord progression repeats in the chorus, just at a faster pace**

CHORUS:

  E11sus2   E11E11   E7sus4E7sus4  E4
e|--0-----------0--------0--------0--|
A augmentedA|--0-----------0--------0--------0--|
E MajorE|--2-----------4--------5--------0--|
D MajorD|--0-----------0--------0--------2--|
A augmentedA|--0-----------0--------0--------0--|
E MajorE|--0-----------0--------0--------0--|
  When I need to    get   home

     E9sus4E9sus4  E4    Esus4Esus4
e|--------0--------0--------0--|
A augmentedA|--------0--------0--------0--|
E MajorE|--------0--------0--------0--|
D MajorD|-------/4-------\2--------2--|
A augmentedA|--------0--------0--------2--|
E MajorE|--------0--------0--------0--|
You're my gui -- ding   light,

     E13sus4E13sus4  Esus4Esus4 E4
e|--------0--------0--------0--|
A augmentedA|--------0--------0--------0--|
E MajorE|--------0--------0--------0--|
D MajorD|-------/4-------\2--------2--|
A augmentedA|-------/4-------\2--------0--|
E MajorE|--------0--------0--------0--|
You're my gui -- ding   light.

When I need to get home,
You're my guiding light,
You're my guiding light.

Well the air is cold,
And yonder lies my sleeping soul,
By the branches broke like bones,
This weakened tree no longer holds.

But the night is still,
And I have not yet lost my will,
Oh and I will keep on moving 'till,
'Till I find my way home.

When I need to get home,
You're my guiding light,
You're my guiding light.

When I need to get home,
You're my guiding light,
You're my guiding light.

When I need to get home,
You're my guiding light,
You're my guiding light.

So leave me whole, leave me strong
Like the road I walk on

When I need to get home,
You're my guiding light,
You're my guiding light.

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