Tom: Ab
(Gary Brooker - Keith Reid)
Intro: (piano arr. for guitar):
Bb7
v v v v v v v v
Verse 1:
Eb Bb
It's not that I'm so cheerful
Fm Cm [3: hold
Cm extra bar]
Though I'll always raise a smile
Eb Bb
If at times my nonsense rhymes
Fm Cm [3: hold
Cm extra bar]
Then I'll stand trial
Eb Bb
My friends are all around me
Cm
But they only breathe through fear
Eb
Were I to cry I'm sure that still
Ab Bb
They'd never see a tear
Chorus:
Edim
Fm
In darkness through my being here
Adim
Bbm
Away from you
Ddim
Ebm Eb7
The bright light of your star confronts me
(
Abm )
Shining through
[1, 2:]
Abm Gb Eb Eb
v v v v v v v v v v v v
[3: to coda]
Verse 2:
Dullen, sullen, much subdued
My skull a stony glaze
Whirlpools rage on constantly
I'm not so well these days
There must be something somewhere near
Who sees what's being done
The harbor lights are burning bright
My wax is almost run
[repeat chorus]
Break:
(piano arr. for guitar):
Abm G Abm7 Abm
v v v v v v v v
Gb Bbm Gb7 Eb7sus4
Eb7
v v v v v v v v
Verse 3:
Come Lollard, raise your lute and sing
Unto my ears a beauty bring
Like Maddox in the days of old
We'll feast and drink until we fold
And folding still we'll spare a thought
For what's been lost and what's been caught
And maybe then begin again
For love is life, not poison
[repeat chorus]
Coda [repeat to fade (horns enter 3rd time)]:
Abm Gb Eb7
v v v v v v v v
Oh, shining through
Keep shining through
Bright light of your star keeps shining through
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
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