• Song:

    Bright Lanterns

  • Artist:

    The Tallest Man On Earth

Capo on 6 to sound like album version. These are basic chords, but picking can be worked 
out if you listen the the track a bit.

Intro C Am F G

Verse
                        C (x32010@1)                           AmWell (x02210@1)we air clear blue aching skies in the morning after,
                 F (133211@1)                     Gand (320003@1)memories of gold on the run, flying around,
                    C (x32010@1)                     Amwas (x02210@1)there a drunken cloud over someone just empty,
                  F (133211@1)                         Ga (320003@1)vision of a mountain you say, so where did it go?

Bridge
       G7 (320001@1)        Am (x02210@1)            F (133211@1)           GIt (320003@1)was light and i held it like a child to be saved
       G7 (320001@1)                 Am (x02210@1)            Ffrom (133211@1)the fires and from the falling down satellites
           Gbut (320003@1)still wondering

Chorus
   C (x32010@1)             F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)     Am"Damn (x02210@1)you always treat me like a stranger, mountain
Em (022000@1)                    Am (x02210@1)              F (133211@1)             Gthough (320003@1)you've seen the shadow between the city and what is mine,
            C (x32010@1)            F (133211@1)              C (x32010@1)        Amand (x02210@1)fallen kids all rising men among their logs, but leavers,
Em (022000@1)     Am (x02210@1)             F (133211@1)                   Gsuddenly (320003@1)darker in their eyes and their broken smiles,
G (320003@1)                                   Cit's (x32010@1)only what these kids will haul around."

C Am F G

Verse
                        C (x32010@1)                           AmWell (x02210@1)there's a lot of sullen land for hungry feed of answers,
                  F (133211@1)                                Gand (320003@1)medicine for balancing things, like seeing your ghosts,
                     C (x32010@1)                        AmSo (x02210@1)thank god we're bright, said the lanterns brother,
                      F (133211@1)                            Gcause (320003@1)I don't know a thing about boats or the land I see

Bridge
G7 (320001@1)              Am (x02210@1)             F (133211@1)             GIt (320003@1)was day and I stood there once again climbing quick
G7 (320001@1)                    Am (x02210@1)                F (133211@1)             Gwhen (320003@1)I knew you were the one throwing dying stars on our gathering
but he said

Chorus
C (x32010@1)               F (133211@1)                C (x32010@1)      Am"Damn (x02210@1)you always treat me like a mountain, stranger
Em (022000@1)            Am (x02210@1)           F (133211@1)                Gthough (320003@1)I have never seen your shadows or fading lights,
            C (x32010@1)                F (133211@1)               C (x32010@1)        AmI'm (x02210@1)just a rock that you'll be picking up through all your ages,
Em (022000@1)      Am (x02210@1)              F (133211@1)              Galways (320003@1)believing there's a canyon for every blind,
G (320003@1)                                   Cit's (x32010@1)only what these kids will haul around."

C Am F G
till you get bored
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