The Lighthouse's Tale Chords by Nickel Creek

[Start]

[Intro]
D Em G D Em G D
■ ■  ■ ■ ■  ■ ■


[Verse]
       Em         G                       D        
I am a lighthouse worn by the weather and the waves
       Em             G                   D        
I keep my lamp lit to warn the sailors on their way


[Chorus]
            Em    G                        D      
I'll tell a story paint you a picture from my past
      Em           G                D           
I was so happy but joy in this life seldom lasts


[Inst]
Em G D Em G D
■  ■ ■ ■  ■ ■


[Verse]
      Em       G                           D     
I had a keeper he helped me warn the ships at sea
       Em           G                              D    
We had grown closer 'till his joy meant everything to me
           Em       G                     D               
And he was to marry a girl who shone with beauty and light
               Em        
And they loved each other
G                               D         
And with me watched the sunsets into night


[Chorus]
C             Bm                 Bb                 C  D  
And the waves crashing around me the sand slips out to sea
    C                   Bm       
And the winds that blow remind me
        Em       Gb G            D       
Of what has been ■  and what can never be


[Solo]
Em G Bm D Em Em7
■  ■ ■  ■ ■  ■  
G Bm7 D
■ ■   ■


[Verse]
Em                 Bm    G                    D            
She'd had to leave us my keeper he prayed for a safe return
Em                 G   
But when the night came
                 D                C     
The weather to a raging storm had turned
Em                       
He watched her ship fight
            G                D                
But in vain against the wild and terrible wind
Em       G                                   D           A  
In me so helpless as dashed against the rock she met her end


[Chorus]
D       C              Bm            Bb         C   D     
And the waves crashing around me the sand slips out to sea
        C               Bm       
And the winds that blow remind me
            Em   Gb G            A     D 
Of what has been ■  and what can never be


[Inst]

[Verse]
            D                                                  
Then on the next day my keeper found her washed up on the shore
D                      
He kissed her cold face
               D                       
That they'd be together soon he'd swore
      Em         G             D                     
I saw him crying watched as he buried her in the sand


[Chorus]
                    Em       G                         D     
And then he climbed my tower and off of the edge of me he ran
        C              Bm            Bb         C   D     
And the waves crashing around me the sand slips out to sea
                   C    Bm       
And the winds that blow remind me
            Em   Gb7 Gb G            A     D  Em G
Of what has been ■   ■  and what can never be ■  ■


[Outro]
D                           G               D        
■ I am a lighthouse worn by the weather and the waves
                D                                          
And though I am empty I still warn the sailors on their way


[End]