We Are The Light - The Alarm

by Eddie Macdonald and Mike Peters

as heard on the album "DECLARATION"

http://www.thealarm.com


tuning: half step down

Intro:
D /// Dsus4 /// D /// / G/A G/B

D (xx0232@1)    GPeople (320003@1)
              C (x32010@1)   G/BG  
Light up your light to- night
        D (xx0232@1)          Dsus4D
I wanna see you shine
D (xx0232@1)          GFight (320003@1)despair
             C (x32010@1) G/BG
Don't let it get you down
             D (xx0232@1)         Dsus4D
Don't let it tie you down

Am7 (x02010@1)                DThere's (xx0232@1)a man with a wife and three children
Am7 (x02010@1)                  DWho's (xx0232@1)been told he can work
Am7 (x02010@1)                    DThere's (xx0232@1)a boy who's been told there's no future
Am7 (x02010@1)                FHe's (133211@1)been fed by the blind
G (320003@1)                    FAnd (133211@1)I can hear them crying 
G (320003@1)            FAs (133211@1)they try to sleep through the night
G (320003@1)             DI (xx0232@1)can hear them cry
G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)- hear them cry

G D G D

G (320003@1)        DWE (xx0232@1)ARE THE LIGHT
G (320003@1)        CWE (x32010@1)ARE THE LIGHT
F (133211@1)        G (320003@1)          DWE (xx0232@1)ARE THE LIGHT OF OUR LIVES


D (xx0232@1)    GHold (320003@1)on 
              C (x32010@1)   G/BG  
To what you believe is right 
             D (xx0232@1)           Dsus4D
Don't let anyone turn your eyes
D (xx0232@1)       GLook (320003@1)ahead
              C (x32010@1)  G/BG  
Don't stop to look be- hind 
                  D (xx0232@1)           Dsus4D
The past ain't no friend of mine

Am7 (x02010@1)                    DThere's (xx0232@1)a failure who is standing on the corner
Am7 (x02010@1)             DFor (xx0232@1)he cannot see hope
Am7 (x02010@1)                      DThere's (xx0232@1)a blind man who is standing at the crossroads
Am7 (x02010@1)             FFor (133211@1)he cannot see light
G (320003@1)                   FAnd (133211@1)as we fire the candles
G (320003@1)                    FWe (133211@1)must make sure they burn through the night
G (320003@1)                DFor (xx0232@1)if they should die
G (320003@1)         DThere (xx0232@1)be no light

G (320003@1)        DWE (xx0232@1)ARE THE LIGHT
G (320003@1)        CWE (x32010@1)ARE THE LIGHT
F (133211@1)        G (320003@1)          DWE (xx0232@1)ARE THE LIGHT OF OUR LIVES

G (320003@1)        CWE (x32010@1)ARE THE LIGHT
F (133211@1)        G (320003@1)          DWE (xx0232@1)ARE THE LIGHT OF OUR LIVES

G (320003@1)        CSHINE (x32010@1)YOUR LIGHT
F (133211@1)              G (320003@1)              DSHINE (xx0232@1)YOUR LIGHT SHINE YOUR LIGHT SHINE



G (320003@1)        CWE (x32010@1)ARE THE LIGHT
F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)      DSHINE (xx0232@1)ON, SHINE ON SHINE
G (320003@1)        CWE (x32010@1)ARE THE LIGHT





Chords:

Dxx0232 (xx0232@1)Dsus4xx0233 (xx0233@1)G320003 (320003@1)Cx32013 (x32010@1)G/A     x00003
G/Bx20003 (143121@7)Am7x02010 (x02010@1)Fx03211 (133211@1)