Misc Originals – Adam Korn - Light Keeper (Guitar)

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[Notes] 6/8 time signature. The F is the "little" one, played on strings 1-4 only (F, C, A, F) [Intro] F C G C Cmaj9 Am G [Verse]
     F
It’s light he keeps

             C
Piercing the dark and deep

         G
Hardly a word he speaks

            C   Cmaj9 Am G
Seasoned by salt he’s hardened
[Verse]
F
Grey and old

               C
Once eagle now pigeon—holed

           G
Facing the bitter cold

               C     Cmaj9 Am G
Perched on the cliffs and cragland
[Pre Chorus]
Dm
   And as we traverse and sail along

G
   The wandering waves

C
   He points out the way to save us from

E
   A watery grave
[Verse]
    F
Condemned to stand

               C
Aligned to the sea and sand

                  G
His light like an outstretched hand

           C Cmaj9 Am G
Guiding us weary travelers
[Pre Chorus]
Dm
   And as we traverse and sail along

G
   The wandering waves

C
   He points out the way to save us from

E
   A watery grave
[Chorus]
Am
   A beacon so bold and so bright

C
   The light keeper hollows the night

G
   A self-less existence a lonely debt

Bb               E
   He pays so he won't forget
[Interlude or Solo(x2)] F C G C Cmaj9 Am G [Pre Chorus]
Dm
   And as we traverse and sail along

G
   The wandering waves

C
   He points out the way to save us from

E
   A watery grave
[Chorus]
Am
   A beacon so bold and so bright

C
   The light keeper hollows the night

G
   A self-less existence a lonely debt

Bb               E
   He pays so he won't forget
[Verse]
      F
Those thrashing swells

             C
Slashing the ship to hell

                     G
And love slips right through the rails

            C   Cmaj9 Am G
Gone to the deep forever
[Verse]
  F
Immortal ghost

                  C
The light house's haunted host

            G
Forever his spirit glows

              C   Cmaj9 Am G
Searching for love eternal
[Pre Chorus]
Dm
   And as we traverse and sail along

G
   The wandering waves

C
   He points out the way to save us from

E
   A watery grave
[Chorus]
Am
   A beacon so bold and so bright

C
   The light keeper hollows the night

G
   A self-less existence a lonely debt

Bb               E
   He pays so he won't forget
[Outro] F C G C Cmaj9 Am G F