Toad the Wet Sprocket – Lantern (Guitar)

Capo 4
Key
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Chords

[Intro] F C F/C Am Am/G F F C F/C Am Am/G [Verse 1]
F              C     Csus2
these days are long

G               Am   Am/G
these lives are full

F          C
just for tonight

                 G    Gsus4
could we take it slow

F                 C   Csus2
turn the breakers off

G                   Am   Am/G
there's no electric glow

F            C
naked as the night sky

      F/C      G             Gsus4
we'll lay down on the floor
[Chorus 1]
F              C
in the lantern light

    F/C            Am
the flicker of the flame

Am/G           F
you have never been

   F
so beautiful

F                 C
couldn't change a thing

F/C              Am  Am/G
thanks for every day

       F
i came home to you

             C    Csus2
came home to you
[Verse 2]
F        C         Csus2
i can be stubborn

G          Am   Am/G
you can be hard

F                     C
there's nothing to forgive

                     G   Gsus4
it's just the way we are

F               C      Csus2
and all we ever wanted

              G               Am   Am/G
was something   no one's ever had

F             C
just to never hurt

    F/C     G          Gsus4
the ones we love again
[Chorus 2]
F              C
in the lantern light

    F/C            Am
the flicker of the flame

Am/G           F
you have never been

   F
so beautiful

F                 C
wouldn't change a thing

F/C              Am  Am/G
thanks for every day

       F
i came home to you

F                    C
don't you hide those scars

   F/C          Am
of every little wound

     Am/G             F
that made you who you are

                   C
and in the lantern light

    F/C            Am
the flicker of the flame

Am/G           F
you have never been

   F
so beautiful

   C         Csus2
so beautiful
[Bridge]
Em
i guess we both know

           F
you're the stronger one

Em
i guess we both hope

           F        G
this isn't over and done
[Chorus 3]
F              C
in the lantern light

    F/C            Am
the flicker of the flame

Am/G           F
you have never been

   F
so beautiful

F                 C
wouldn't change a thing

F/C              Am  Am/G
thanks for every day

       F
i came home to you

F                    C
don't you hide those scars

   F/C          Am
of every little wound

     Am/G             F
that made you who you are

   F
so beautiful

F                  C
and in the lantern light

    F/C            Am
the flicker of the flame

Am/G           F
you have never been

     F
more beautiful

     C          Csus4
more beautiful
[Outro] F C F/C Am Am/G F F C F/C Am Am/G F Intro/outro riff:
e|--------------------------------------------1--|
B|---------0h1---1------0---------------------1--|
G|------0--0h2-0-0----2---2-0---0-------------2--|
D|----3----3-----2----3-------2---0h2-0-------3--|
A|--3------3-----3----3-------3---x-----0---3-3--|
E|--------------------------------3-------1---1--|