John Hiatt – Light Of The Burning Sun (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro] F Bb C [Verse 1]
F                                 Bb
The message was sent The task was done

Bb                                                              F
Prayers offered up in the night Faced the light of the burning sun

F                               Bb
My brother was dead By his own hand

                                                          F
A gun in the glove box 'Cause he carried money For my old man
[Verse 2]
                C               Bb
They say he gambled Friday's payroll

                                           C             F    C Bb C
Found him in his car In a cornfield Twenty-one years old
[Verse 3]
F                                  Bb
He wanted to own His own clothing store

                                                                F
Dressed like Sam Cooke With the catholic girls In his Fair Lane Ford

F                        Bb
Doing his job Doing his best

                                                                F
Selling burnt orange and avocado green kitchens All across the Midwest

              C                            Bb
The favoured one Me and my brothers all knew

                                               F C Bb
My mother loved him more Than she knew what to do
[Solo] F Bb F Bb F C Bb F C Bb bF [Verse 4]
F                                   Bb
The message was sent The truth to tell

                                                 F
The officer tried to catch her As she wept and fell

                                        Bb
My father screamed no And beat on the wall

                                                            F
Shook the foundations of the house Shook the life out of us all

                C             Bb
The priest came by He was undeterred

                                                F  C  Bb C F
There to explain The unexplainable With god's word

                                Bb
The message was sent A family gone

                                                      F
The death of a golden child And nothing left to carry on

                                  Bb
The message was sent The task was done

                                                C               F
Prayers offered up in the night Faced the light of the burning sun