Lover Of The Light Chords & Tabs
Lover Of The Light Chords
LOVER OF THE LIGHT - MUMFORD & SONS
TUNING: D-A-D-F#-A-D
NO CAPO
Intro:
"And in the middle of the night I may watch you go"
d |---------0-------------------------0------------|
A |---------0-------------------------0------------|
F#|---------7--(let ring--------------0------------|
D |---------0---every chord)----------0------------|
A |---------x-------------------------0------------|
D |---------7-------------------------0------------|
"There'll be no value in the strength of walls that I have grown"
d |-------------0------------------------------------------0-----|
A |-------------0------------------------------------------0-----|
F#|-------------7------------------------------------------0-----|
D |-------------0------------------------------------------0-----|
A |-------------x------------------------------------------0-----|
D |-------------7------------------------------------------0-----|
"There'll be no confort in the shade of the shadows thrown"
d |-------------0--------------0------------0--0----0---------|
A |-------------0--------------0------------0--0----0---------|
F#|-------------5--------------8------------8--7----5---------|
D |-------------0--------------0------------0--0----0---------|
A |-------------x--------------x------------x--x----x---------|
D |-------------5--------------9------------9--7----5-------5-|
"But I'd be yours if you'd be mine"
d |-----0--0--------------0--0----|
A |-----0--0--------------0--0----|
F#|-----1--3--------------1--0----|
D |-----0--0--------------0--0----|
A |-----x--x--------------x--0----|
D |-----2--4--------------2--0----|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mumford_and_sons/lover_of_the_light_crd_ver_9.html ]
Now the strumming starts, listen to the song for it
CHORDS:
D [000000]
A [7x0700]
G [5x0500]
Bm [9x0800]
D/F#[4x0300]
A2 [2x0100] (I don't know the name of this chord, so I'll call it A2]
Verse 1:
D G D
Stretch out my life and pick the seams out
G A Bm
Take what you like but close my years and eyes
G D A2 D/F# A2 D
Watch me stumble o-ver and o-ver
D G D
I have done wrong, you build your tower
G A Bm
But call me home and I will build a throne
G D A2 D/F# A2 D
And wash my eyes out never a-gain
Chorus 1:
D G
But love the one you hold
A
And I'll be your goal
Bm
To have and to hold
D
A lover of the light
Verse 2 (From "With skin too tight..." to "breathe in and breathe out") is the same of
the 1st.
Chorus 2 is always the same
Bridge is like the intro, but there's a new line between "Of the shadows thrown" and
"But I'd be yours if you'd be mine":
G Bm Bm A G
You may not trust the promises of the change I'll shown
Banjo Solo: D Bm D G A Bm D G A Bm D
Chorus 3/Chorus 4: like the others