The Lighthouse's Tale Tab by Nickel Creek

GuitarPianoUkulele

D5
Dsus2
Em
G
C
Bm
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D
F#m
A
Em/D
G/D
Dadd9

Intro 1
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Interlude 1
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Verse 1
Em 
I am a lighthouse
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worn by the weather and the      waves
Em 
I keep my lamp lit,
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to warn the sailors on their way
Em 
I'll tell a story,
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paint you a picture from my past
Em 
I was so happy,
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but joy in this life seldom lasts

Interlude 2
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Verse 2
Em 
I had a keeper
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he helped me warn the ships at sea
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We had grown closer,
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'till his joy meant everything to me
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And he was to marry,
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a girl who shone with beauty and light
Em 
And they loved each other,
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And with me watched the sunsets
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into night

Chorus 1
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Bm 
And the waves crashing around me,
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D 
the sand slips out to sea
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And the winds that blow remind me,
Em 
F#m 
Of what has been,
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and what can never be

Interlude 3
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Verse 3
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She'd had to leave us,
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my keeper he prayed for a safe return
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But when the night came,
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the weather to a raging storm had turned
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He watched her ship fight,
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but in vain against the wild and terrible wind
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In me so helpless,
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as dashed against the rock she met her end

Chorus 2
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Bm 
And the waves crashing around me,
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the sand slips out to sea
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And the winds that blow remind me,
Em 
F#m 
Of what has been,
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and what can never be

Interlude 4
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Bridge 1
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Then on the next day,
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my keeper found her washed up on the shore
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He kissed her cold face,
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that  they'd be together soon
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he swore
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I saw him crying,
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watched as he buried her in the sand
Em 
And then he climbed my tower,
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and off of the edge of me he ran

Chorus 3
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Bm 
And the waves crashing around me,
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the sand slips out to sea
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Bm 
And the winds that blow remind me,
Em 
F#m 
Of what has been,
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and can never be

Interlude 5

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Outro 1
Em/D 
I am a lighthouse
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worn  by the weather and the waves
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And though I'm empty,
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Dadd9 
I still warn the sailors on their way