Intro
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When I was young

Lying in the grass

I felt so safe

In the warming bath


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Of sunlight
D           A
Of sunlight


A
Vast open sky

Could do no harm

Like an embrace

From mother's arms


E
In sunlight
D           A
In sunlight


E
In sunlight
D           A
In sunlight


A
With every year

That came to pass

More clouds appeared

?Til the sky went black, And there was


E
No sunlight
D           A
No sunlight 
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And there was
E
No sunlight
D           A
No sunlight
A
Anymore


       Bm                 E
And it disappeared at the same speed
       Bm                E
As the idealistic things I believed
    Bm              E           A
The optimist died inside of me


E
No sunlight
D           A
No sunlight


E
No sunlight
D           A
No sunlight


       Bm                 E
And it disappeared at the same speed
       Bm                E
As the idealistic things I believed
    Bm               E
The optimist died inside of me


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E
No sunlight
D           A
No sunlight


E
No sunlight
D           A
No sunlight


E
No sunlight
D          
No sunlight
A           
No sunlight
Fm
No sunlight
Bm          E (ringing)
No sunlight
        A (ringing)
Anymore