• 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 C5 A5 F5 G5

Verse
                        C5                             A5
Well we air clear blue aching skies in the morning after,
                 F5                       G5
and memories of gold on the run, flying around,
                    C5                       A5
was there a drunken cloud over someone just empty,
                  F5                           G5
a vision of a mountain you say, so where did it go?

Bridge
       G5          A5              F5             G5
It was light and i held it like a child to be saved
       G5                   A5              F5
from the fires and from the falling down satellites
           G5
but still wondering

Chorus
   C5               F5               C5       A5
"Damn you always treat me like a stranger, mountain
E5                      A5                F5               G5
though you've seen the shadow between the city and what is mine,
            C5              F5                C5          A5
and fallen kids all rising men among their logs, but leavers,
E5       A5               F5                     G5
suddenly darker in their eyes and their broken smiles,
G5                                     C5
it's only what these kids will haul around."

C5 A5 F5 G5

Verse
                        C5                             A5
Well there's a lot of sullen land for hungry feed of answers,
                  F5                                  G5
and medicine for balancing things, like seeing your ghosts,
                     C5                          A5
So thank god we're bright, said the lanterns brother,
                      F5                              G5
cause I don't know a thing about boats or the land I see

Bridge
G5                A5               F5               G5
It was day and I stood there once again climbing quick
G5                      A5                  F5               G5
when I knew you were the one throwing dying stars on our gathering
but he said

Chorus
C5                 F5                  C5        A5
"Damn you always treat me like a mountain, stranger
E5              A5             F5                  G5
though I have never seen your shadows or fading lights,
            C5                  F5                 C5          A5
I'm just a rock that you'll be picking up through all your ages,
E5        A5                F5                G5
always believing there's a canyon for every blind,
G5                                     C5
it's only what these kids will haul around."

C5 A5 F5 G5
till you get bored
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