13 There Is A Light Tab

This is a solo-acoustic focused arrangement that blends the picking pattern of this song's companion piece
from the previous album, "Song for Someone," into this song's harmonic and lyrical context.
 
[Intro]
 
G  Bm  A
 
[Verse 1]
(Strum each chord once)
 
           G                    D
And if the terrors of the night
      G                     F#
Come creeping into your day
        G           D                               F#m
And the world comes stealing children from your room
 
 
[Pre-chorus 1]
 
Guard your innocence
 
From hallucination
 
  G                     Bm              A
e|----------||------------|------------------|
B|---3------||---3--------|---2-----2--------|
G|-----4----||-----4------|-----2-----2---2--| x2
D|-------0--||-------0----|------------------|
A|----------||--2---------|--0-----0-----0---|
E|-3--------||------------|------------------|
 
And know that darkness always gathers around the light
 
  G                  Dsus2              E
e|------------------|------------------|--------------0------------------|
B|---3-----3--------|---3-----3--------|--0-----0---------0-----0-----0--|
G|-----4-----4------|-----2-----2---2--|----1-----1---------1-----1------|
D|-------0-----0----|-0-----0-----0----|------2-----2---------2-----2----|
A|------------------|------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-3----------------|------------------|-0--------------0----------------|
 
[Chorus 1]
 
There is a light, you can't always see, if there is a world, we can't always be
  G                  Dsus2              A               Bm
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B|---3-----3--------|---3-----3--------|---2-----2--------|---3-----3--------|
G|-----4-----4---4--|-----2-----2---2--|-----2-----2---2--|-----4-----4---4--|
D|-5-----5-----5----|-0-----0-----0----|-2-----2-----2----|-4-----4-----4----|
A|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
 
If there is a dark, that we shouldn't doubt, and there is a light, don't let it go out
 
  G                  Dsus2              A               Bm
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B|---3-----3--------|---3-----3--------|---2-----2--------|---3-----3--------|
G|-----4-----4---4--|-----2-----2---2--|-----2-----2---2--|-----4-----4---4--|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|------------------|------------------|--0-----0-----0---|--2-----2-----2---|
E|-3------3-----3---|--2-----2-----2---|------------------|------------------|
 
 
  E
e|-----------------------------------|
B|---0-----0----------0-----0--------|
G|-----1-----1---1------1-----1---1--|
D|-------2-----2----------2-----2----|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-0----------------0----------------|
 
 
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
         G                D
When the wind screams and shouts
        G                 D/F#
And the sea is a dragon's tail
         G         D
And the ship that stole your heart away
     A
Sets sail
 
 
[Pre-Chorus 2]
 
When all you've left is leaving
And all you got is grieving
And all you know is needing
 
  G                     Bm              A
e|----------||------------|------------------|
B|---3------||---3--------|---2-----2--------|
G|-----4----||-----4------|-----2-----2---2--| x3
D|-------0--||-------0----|------------------|
A|----------||--2---------|--0-----0-----0---|
E|-3--------||------------|------------------|
 
Lada daaa dah,      Ah da dahdah,       ahhh...
 
  G                  Dsus2              E
e|------------------|------------------|--------------0------------------|
B|---3-----3--------|---3-----3--------|--0-----0---------0-----0-----0--|
G|-----4-----4------|-----2-----2---2--|----1-----1---------1-----1------|
D|-------0-----0----|-0-----0-----0----|------2-----2---------2-----2----|
A|------------------|------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-3----------------|------------------|-0--------------0----------------|
 
 
[Chorus 2]
 
If there is a light, We can't always see; If there is a world, We can't always be
 
  G                  Dsus2              A               Bm
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B|---3-----3--------|---3-----3--------|---2-----2--------|---3-----3--------|
G|-----4-----4---4--|-----2-----2---2--|-----2-----2---2--|-----4-----4---4--|
D|-5-----5-----5----|-0-----0-----0----|-2-----2-----2----|-4-----4-----4----|
A|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
 
If there is a dark, now we shouldn't doubt; And there is a light, don't let it go out
 
  G                  Dsus2              A               Bm
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B|---3-----3--------|---3-----3--------|---2-----2--------|---3-----3--------|
G|-----4-----4---4--|-----2-----2---2--|-----2-----2---2--|-----4-----4---4--|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|------------------|------------------|--0-----0-----0---|--2-----2-----2---|
E|-3------3-----3---|--2-----2-----2---|------------------|------------------|
 
[Post-Chorus]
 
'Cause this is a song,                  a song,        for someone
  G                  Dsus2              A               Bm
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B|---3-----3--------|---3-----3--------|---2-----2--------|---3-----3--------|
G|-----4-----4---4--|-----2-----2---2--|-----2-----2---2--|-----4-----4---4--|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|------------------|------------------|--0-----0-----0---|--2-----2-----2---|
E|-3------3-----3---|--2-----2-----2---|------------------|------------------|
 
Someone like me
 
  E
e|-----------------------------------|
B|---0-----0----------0-----0--------|
G|-----1-----1---1------1-----1---1--|
D|-------2-----2----------2-----2----|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-0----------------0----------------|
 
 
[Verse 3]
           G        D
I know the world is dumb
    G                 D/F#
But you don't have to be
           G                 D                     F#m
I've got a question for the child in you before it leaves
 
[Pre-chorus 3]
 
Are you tough enough to be kind?
 
Do you know your heart has its own mind?
 
Darkness gathers around the light
  G                     Bm              A
e|----------||------------|------------------|
B|---3------||---3--------|---2-----2--------|
G|-----4----||-----4------|-----2-----2---2--| x3
D|-------0--||-------0----|------------------|
A|----------||--2---------|--0-----0-----0---|
E|-3--------||------------|------------------|
 
Hold on...   Hold on
  G                   E
e|------------------||------------------|
B|---3-----3--------||--0-----0---------|
G|-----4-----4---4--||----1-----1----1--|
D|-------0-----0----||------2-----2-----|
A|------------------||------------------|
E|-3----------------||-0----------------|
 
 
[Chorus]
 
There is a light
 
We can't always see
 
If there is a world
 
We can't always be
 
If there is a dark
 
That we shouldn't doubt
 
And there is a light
 
Don't let it go out
 
 
[Outro]
 
And this is a song
 
A song for someone
 
This is a song
 
A song for someone
 
Someone like me
 
Someone like me
 
Someone like me
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