Lightkeeper chords by Jonathan Edwards

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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 (E major) I  (A major) was  (D major) born on the river
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that flows  (G major) to the sea  (D major) 
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And  (F sharp minor) all   that I  (B minor) know she taught  (E major) it to me
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 (A major) She's a  (D major) dangerous beauty,
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she's  (G major) fickle and  (D major) cold
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If you  (F sharp minor) give  her respect,
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 (E major) she might let  (A major) you grow  (D major) 
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She's the  (B minor) siren that calls to us
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when  (D major) we're ashore
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 (A major) We can  (B minor) smell her and taste her
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and  (E major) hear the waves  (A major) roll
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She's a  (D major) giver and a maker
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and a  (G major) taker of  (D major) lives
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She's the  (F sharp minor) tears of the  (E minor) mothers
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and  (A major) daughters and  (D major) wives
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So,  (G major) Lightkeeper,
make sure your flame's burning bright
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 (D major) And  (F sharp minor) keep  us well  (B minor) off
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of those rocks  (E major) an d these  (A major) bars
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And  (G major) guide our way home
through the dark of the night
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 (D major) Oh,  (F sharp minor) Lightkeeper,
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 (B minor) shine like the moon  (E major) and the  (A major) stars
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Shine  (G major) like the  (A major) moon and the stars  (D major) 
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 (B minor)  (E major)  (A major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (E major)  (A major) 
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We'll  (D major) dim the bad weather,
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we'll  (G major) go out  (D major) today
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And  (F sharp minor) shoulder to shoulder (B minor) ,
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we'll  (E major) pull a day's  (A major) pay
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We'll  (D major) work with the wind,
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and we'll  (G major) sail with the tide
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 (D major) And  (F sharp minor) haul  the fish  (E major) up
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from wherever  (A major) they hide  (D major) 
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We be (B minor) long to the ocean,
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for  (D major) better or  (A major) worse
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And  (B minor) God will decide
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if it's bless (E major) ing or curse  (A major) 
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Pitch  (D major) black and blowing,
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that's  (G major) her gift to give
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 (D major) She may  (F sharp minor) kill  us tomor (E minor) row,
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but to (A major) night let us  (D major) live
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So  (G major) light keeper,
make sure your flame's burning bright
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 (D major) And  (F sharp minor) keep  us well  (B minor) off
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of those  (E major) rocks and these  (A major) bars
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And  (G major) guide our way home
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through the dark  (E minor) of   (G major) the night
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 (D major) Oh,  (F sharp minor) light keepers
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 (B minor) shine like the  (E major) moon and the  (A major) stars
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Shine  (G major) like  (A major) the moon and the stars  (D major)  (B minor)  (E major)  (A major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (E major)  (A major) 
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 (D major)  (G major) 
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 (D major)  (F sharp minor)  (B minor)  (E major)  (A major)  (D major)  (G major)  (D major)  (F sharp minor) 
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 (E minor)  (A major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (E major)  (A major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (E major) 
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 (A major) So  (D major) let's lift a glass at the  (G major) en d of the day
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 (D major) And drink  (F sharp minor) to the  (A major) whales
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 (G major) an  (B minor) d the  (E major) gales and the spray
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 (A major) To the  (D major) boat and her captain
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and her  (G major) hard -working crew
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 (D major) To the lobster and the  (E minor) cod  (G major) fish,
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let's  (A major) drink to them too.  (D major) 
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May the  (B minor) fishing be good
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and the  (D major) wind always fair,
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 (A major) take  (B minor) an oath make a promise
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and  (E major) then hear me  (A major) spare.
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By the  (D major) salt in my veins
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and the  (G major) look in my  (D major) eye,
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I'm a  (F sharp minor) sailor and a  (E minor) sailor I'll  (A major) be till I  (D major) die.
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So  (G major) light keeper make sure
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your flame's  (A major) burning bright
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 (D major) and  (F sharp minor) keep  us well  (B minor) off
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of those  (E major) rocks and these  (A major) bars,
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and  (G major) guide our way home
Em 
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through the dark  (E minor) of  the  (D major) night,
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oh  (F sharp minor) light keepers
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 (B minor) shine like the  (E major) moon and the  (A major) stars,
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 (G major) shine like the  (A major) moon and the  (D major) stars,  (B minor) 
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 (E major) shine  (A major)  (G major) like
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Shine the  (A major) moon and the stars  (D major)  (B minor)  (E major)  (A major) 
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Shine  (G major) like the  (A major) moon and the  (D major) stars