...SILENT SUNLIGHT... by Cat Stevens
---------------------...............

*from 'Catch Bull AT Four' (1972)*


*CAPO 5th FRET*

(Original Key: Bb)


Intro:

F  C  F  C  G  Am,
F  C  F  C  G7  C

Verse 1:

F   C    F   C
 Si-lent sun-light,
Em
 Welcome in,
         F
There is work,
       G      C
I must now be-gin.

C    E7 Am
 All my dreams have,
D        G
 Blown a-way,
        Em
And the children,
A7       D
 Wait to play.

D        G       C
 They'll soon re-member,
Em         F
 Things to do,
         G        Em
When the heart is young,
        D7       G
And the night is done,
        G7     C
And the sky is blue.

Interlude:

F  C  F  C  G  Am,
F  C  F  C  G7  C

Verse 2:

F    C    F    C
 Mor-ning song-bird,
Em
 Sing away,
       F
Lend a tune to,
  G      C
a-nother day.

C      G7   Am
 Bring your wings,
    D        G
And choose a roof,
       Em
Sing a song of,
A7        D
 Love and truth.

D      G       C
 We'll soon re-member,
Em      F
 If you do,
         G           Em
When all things were tall,
        D7           G
And our friends were small,
        G11   G7  C
And the world was new!

Bridge: (Instrumental)

F  C  F  C  G  Am,
F  C  F  C  G7  C
C  B  C  B  C  D  G  D
G  F  C  F  C  G  Am,
F  C  F  C  G  C

Verse 4:

F     C  F   C
 Slee-py hor-ses,
Em
 Heave away,
         F
Put your backs,
       G      C
To the golden hay.

      C    E7      Am
Don't ever look be-hind,
        D          G
At the work you've done,
G         Em
 For your work has,
A7       D
 Just be-gun.

D         G      C
 There'll be the evening,
Em      F
 In the end,
But 'till that,
G        Em
 Time ar-rives,
        D7        G
You can rest your eyes,
       G7    C
And be-gin a-gain.

Coda:

F  C  F  C  G  Am,
F  C  F  C  G7  C
Am  F  C  F  C  G7
Am  F  C  F  C  G7


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------

   F       C       G       Am      G7      Em

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 133211  032010  320003  x02210  323000  022000

   E7      D       A7      D7      B

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 020100  xx0232  x02223  xx0212  x24442


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)