Chord/Tab song: Daylight

Chords for "Daylight"

Date: April 20, 1997 2:44 PM
From: IAN GRANT

Daylight Written by Raymond Douglas Davies

Intro D (D is a near constant pedal note. Lower case letters indicate melody
notes)

[D]Daylight over the Village Green [G/D]early in the [A/D]morn[D]ing.
[D]Daylight over the hills and valleys [G/D]heralding the [A/D]morn[D]ing.
[D]Daylight [A/D]over the [D]mountains, [D]daylight on[A/D] the Village [D]Green,
[D]Daylight over the [A/D]field and the [D]factories.
[G/D]Another [D]night has [G/D]gone a[D]way and [G/D]here comes [D]yet [G/D]anot[(A/D)]her [D]day.

G D D e e f# f# G G A A b b c D D
See the early morning risers walking round with bleary eyes.
G e b f# f#
Worn out housewives grit their teeth ignoring new born babies' cries.
b f# f# g# g# a#a# b b c# c# d# d# e f# f#
Look at all the busy people this way, that way, everywhere
b f# f# g# g# a# a# b b c# c# d# d# e f# f#
Biting toast and swallowing tea and breakfast specials on the air.
e b D A A7 build
Feel that daylight.

[D]Feel the sunlight on my pillow [G/D]and it stops my [A/D]yawn[D]ing.
[D]I thank God that I'm still around to [G/D]see another [A/D]dawn [D]in.
[D]Dayligh[A/D]t over the [D]valleys, [D]daylight l[A/D]ighting up the [D]trees,
[D]Daylight [A/D]over the [D]hillside,
[G/D]Smile a [D]smile and [G/D]sing a [D]song, a[G/D]nother n[D]ight has [G/D]been [(A/D)]and g[D]one.

G D D D e e f# f# G
Middle-aged bankers crack their backs
G A A b b c D D
And wish they were young and in their teens,
[G] Lonely spinsters dream of dating Roger Moore or [b]Steve McQueen.
b f# f# g# g# a# a# b b c# c# d# d# e f# f#
Health fanatics in their attics training for the Empire Games,
b f# f# g# g# a# a# b b c# c# d# d# e f#f#
School boys dream of Captain Scarlet, battle ships and aeroplanes.
e b D A A7 D
Feel that daylight, Daylight.
[D] Daylight [A/D]on the Village[D] Green,
[D]Daylight, [A/D]Field and the [D]valleys, [G]Daylight__(ahhhh)[D]__
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