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The Light Goes On Forever easy guitar chords by
Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn

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Intro 1
Am
C
Am
C

Am
C
Am
C
F
C

Am

Verse 1
C

Shaman
Am
C

clambers up the world dream tree
Am
C

Looking for clues about what is to be
Am

Chants and trances give his
C
Am
C

spirit wings for flight
Am

Wings still shackled to history
C
Am

The chain of events is broken so easily
Gsus4

Oh, let me rest in the place of light
Verse 2
C
Am
C

Skull- drum skin stretched tight
Am

Sends out ripples in the gathering night
C
Am

The deepest darkness breeds
C
Am
C

the brightest light
Am

Music rising from the bones of saints
C

From the pungent smell of sad
Am

sweet poems and paintings
Gsus4

Oh, let me rest in
C

the place of light
Verse 3
F

God waves a thought like
Em

you'd wave your hand
Dsus4
Gsus4

And the light goes
Dm
F

on forever

Through the seasons and
Em

through the seas
Dsus4
Gsus4
Dm

The light goes on
F

forever

Through the burning and the seeding
Em

Through the joining and the parting
Dm
C

The light goes on forever
Am
C
Am

Verse 4
C


Gypsy searches through the
Am
C

cards for clues

Alchemist searches for
Am
C

eternal youth
Am

Human reaching almost
C
Am

makes it but not quite
C

The soul strikes out at
Am

what the wind blows by
C

You live and it hurts you,
Am

you give up you die
Gsus4

Oh, let me rest in the
Verse 5

place of light
C

Am

Fugitives in the time before
C

the dawn
Am

Backed up to the wall with

weapons drawn
C
Am

Like mounted nomads
C
Am

always ready for a fight
C

This creature that thinks and so
Am
C

can fake its own being
G

Lightless mind's eye not
Am

much good for seeing
Gsus4

Oh, let me rest in
C

the place of light
Verse 6
F

God waves a thought like
Em

you'd wave your hand
Dsus4
Dm
F

And the light goes on forever

Through the people and
Em

through the walls
Dsus4
Dm

The light goes on forever
F

Through who obeys and who does not
Em

Through who gets rich

and who gets caught
Dm
C

The light goes on forever
Interlude 1
Am
C
Am
C

Am
C
Am

C
Am
C
Am

Gsus4
C
Gsus4

C
Gsus4
C

F
Uptight lawyer on Dam
Verse 7
Am

ascus road
C

Becomes a nexus where the
Am
C

light explodes

Concentrated,
Am
C
Am
C

overpowering sight
Am

Two way whirlpool churning up all time
C
Gsus4

Infinity stoops to touch
Am

the human mind
Gsus4
F

Oh, let me rest in the
Am
Dm
C

place of light
Verse 8
F

God waves a thought like
Em

you'd wave your hand
Dsus4
Dm
F

And the light goes on forever

Through the buildings and
Em

through the hills
Dsus4
Dm

The light goes on forever
F

Through the struggles

and the games
Em

Through the night's empty door frames
Dm
The light goes on forever
Outro 1
C

Am
C
Am

C
Am
C

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Chords
  • Am

  • C

  • F

  • Gsus4

  • Em

  • Dsus4

  • Dm

  • G

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