My favorite song off her new album!
Most of the chords are pretty basic but I'll tab out the tricky ones:
Cm/Eb: x6554x
D7sus4: xx0214
For the D7/F# I just use thumb for the F#, it's easiest that way
And for the D/F# in the chorus I just play it: 2002xx
G C
In the morning it comes, heaven sent a hurricane
D Gsus4 G
Not a trace of the sun but I don't even run from rain
Em Am
Beating out of my chest, my heart is holding on to you
C
From the moment I knew
D
From the moment I knew
G Csus2
You're the air in my breath filling up my love soaked lungs
D7/F# Gsus4 G
Such a beautiful mess intertwined and overrun
Em7 Am7
Nothing better than this, ooh, and then the storm can come
C
You feel just like the sun
Cm/Eb
Just like the sun
Em D/F# G
And if you say we'll be alright
C
I'm gonna trust you babe
Em D/F#
I'm gonna look in your eyes
Am G/B C
And if you say we'll be alright
D7sus4 D7
I'll follow you into the light
G Gsus4
.....
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sara_bareilles/the_light_crd_ver_2.html ]
G Gsus4
Nevermind what I knew, nothing seems to matter now
D7/F# Gsus4 G
Ooh, who I was without you, I can do without
Em7 Am7
No one knows where it ends, how it may come tumbling down
C
But I'm here with you now
Cm/Eb
I'm with you now
Em D/F# G
And if you say we'll be alright
C
I'm gonna trust you, babe
Em D/F#
I'm gonna look in your eyes
Am G/B C
And if you say we'll be alright
D7sus4 D7
I'll follow you into the light
Em A7
Let the world come rush in, come down hard, come crushing
C G D/F#
All I need is right here beside me
Em A7 C Cm/Eb
I'm not enough I swear it, but take my love and wear it over your shoulders
Em D/F# G
And if you say we'll be alright
C
I'm gonna trust you babe
Em D/F#
I'm gonna look in your eyes
Am7 G/B C D7sus4 D7
And if you say we'll be alright I'll follow you into the light
G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
Mmm.....the light.....the light
