written by Kenny Loggins and Dona Lyn George
from the Motherlode album - 1975
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I've seen brighter, I've known brighter days
[dm7]lying alone in the [dm7-5]shade of a manzanita;
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it's been sweeter, bitter sweeter days.
I [dm7]know it's not for always, but [dm7-5]all i can say is
cmaj9 e7
I've known better days.
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Is summer gone? Has it been that long?
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I guess that's what seasons will bring.
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I'm caught again in the autumn wind,
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but I remember spring.
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For I've seen brighter days,
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seen lighter places to stay along my way.
dm7 g cmaj9 Bbmaj9 f g11
Oh, I've seen brighter days
cmaj9 fmaj9 cmaj9 a a7
I've seen warmer, soft and warmer nights
dm7 dm7 cmaj9
lying with love by my side in the sycamores
fmaj9 cmaj9 a a7
there've been finer, I've seen mighty finer nights
dm7 dm7-5 cmaj9
Knowing what's wrong or what's right just don't matter
e7
when you're in warmer nights.
am7 dm7 g cmaj7
But here I am like a sea blown wind
fmaj9 bm7 e7
under my thunder and rain
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I'll ride the waves till a sunny day
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comes to me again
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for I've seen brighter days,
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seen lighter places to stay along my way.
dm7 g cmaj9 Bbmaj9 f cmaj9
Oh, I've seen brighter days.
from the Motherlode album - 1975
cmaj9 fmaj9 cmaj9 a a7
I've seen brighter, I've known brighter days
[dm7]lying alone in the [dm7-5]shade of a manzanita;
cmaj9 fmaj9 cmaj9 a a7
it's been sweeter, bitter sweeter days.
I [dm7]know it's not for always, but [dm7-5]all i can say is
cmaj9 e7
I've known better days.
a7 dm7 g cmaj7
Is summer gone? Has it been that long?
fmaj9 bm7 e7
I guess that's what seasons will bring.
am7 d g cmaj7 cm7
I'm caught again in the autumn wind,
dm7 g
but I remember spring.
cmaj9 Bbmaj9 g11 cmaj9 bmaj9
For I've seen brighter days,
cmaj9 Bbmaj9 em9 a
seen lighter places to stay along my way.
dm7 g cmaj9 Bbmaj9 f g11
Oh, I've seen brighter days
cmaj9 fmaj9 cmaj9 a a7
I've seen warmer, soft and warmer nights
dm7 dm7 cmaj9
lying with love by my side in the sycamores
fmaj9 cmaj9 a a7
there've been finer, I've seen mighty finer nights
dm7 dm7-5 cmaj9
Knowing what's wrong or what's right just don't matter
e7
when you're in warmer nights.
am7 dm7 g cmaj7
But here I am like a sea blown wind
fmaj9 bm7 e7
under my thunder and rain
am7 d g cmaj7 cm7
I'll ride the waves till a sunny day
dm7 g
comes to me again
cmaj9 Bbmaj9 cmaj9
for I've seen brighter days,
Bbmaj9 cmaj9 Bbmaj9 em9 a
seen lighter places to stay along my way.
dm7 g cmaj9 Bbmaj9 f cmaj9
Oh, I've seen brighter days.
