(Gary Brooker - Keith Reid)

Intro: (piano arr. for guitar): Bb7 v v v v v v v v ---------1---4---|-------------1--- -----3-4---------|-----1-3-4------- ---1-------------|---1------------- -----------------|----------------- -1---------------|-1--------------- -----------------|----------------- Verse 1: Eb Bb It's not that I'm so cheerful Fm Cm [3: hold Cm extra bar] Though I'll always raise a smile Eb Bb If at times my nonsense rhymes Fm Cm [3: hold Cm extra bar] Then I'll stand trial Eb Bb My friends are all around me Cm But they only breathe through fear Eb Were I to cry I'm sure that still Ab/Bb Bb They'd never see a tear Chorus: Edim Fm In darkness through my being here Adim Bbm Away from you Ddim Ebm Eb7 The bright light of your star confronts me (Abm) Shining through [1, 2:] Abm /G /Gb /F Gb /F /Fb Ebsus4 Eb v v v v v v v v v v v v -----------------|-----------------|----------------- -4---4---4---4---|-2---2---2---4---|----------------- 6b8-6b8-6b8-6b8r6|4b6-4b6-4b6-6b8--|----------------- -----------------|-----------------|----------------- -----------------|-----------------|----------------- -----------------|-----------------|----------------- [3: to coda] Verse 2: Dullen, sullen, much subdued My skull a stony glaze Whirlpools rage on constantly I'm not so well these days There must be something somewhere near Who sees what's being done The harbor lights are burning bright My wax is almost run [repeat chorus] Break: (piano arr. for guitar): Abm G+ Abm7/Gb Abm6/F v v v v v v v v -7--------7--7--------7--|-7--------7--7----------- -------9-----------8-----|-------7-------------10-- ----8-----------8--------|----8-------------------- -6-----------5-----------|------------------------- -------------------------|-9-----------8----------- -------------------------|------------------------- Gb Bbm/F Gb7/Fb Eb7sus4 Eb7 v v v v v v v v -6--------6--6--------6--|-6--------6-------------- -------7-----------6-----|-------5-----9-----8----- ----6-----------6--------|----6--------6----------- -------------------------|-------------8----------- -9-----------8-----------|-7-----------6----------- -------------------------|------------------------- Verse 3: Come Lollard, raise your lute and sing Unto my ears a beauty bring Like Maddox in the days of old We'll feast and drink until we fold And folding still we'll spare a thought For what's been lost and what's been caught And maybe then begin again For love is life, not poison [repeat chorus] Coda [repeat to fade (horns enter 3rd time)]: Abm /G /Gb /F Gb /F /Fb Eb7 v v v v v v v v -----------------|----------------- -4---4---4---4---|-2---2---2---2--- 6b8-6b8-6b8-6b8r6|4b6-4b6-4b6-4b6-- -----------------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- Oh, shining through Keep shining through Bright light of your star keeps shining through -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers