WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Level 42 - Standing In The Light Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
E7 Am7 Bm7 x4
[Verse]
E7 Am7 Bm7 E7 Am7 Bm7
A summer's day in sixty-eight, sunlight through a window falls a-cross the page
E7 Am7 Bm7 E7 Am7 Bm7
A young boy tries to concentrate, his mind would rather fly beyond the classroom cage
E7 Am7 Bm7 E7 Am7 Bm7
He can take the teacher's voice, turn it into music from a-nother place
E7 Am7 Bm7 E7 Am7 Bm7
All the other kids don't have that choice, hanging on to every word the teacher says
[Chorus]
Dm7 Am7 G A7 Dm7 Am7 G F#m7 G B7 E7 Am7 Bm7 E7 Am7 Bm7
Day and night - we will be touched, Standing in the light - don't sha-dow the genius
[Verse]
E7 Am7 Bm7 E7 Am7 Bm7
So out of school he walks alone, soon his thoughts are flowing like a golden stream
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E7 Am7 Bm7 E7 Am7 Bm7
An empty house he calls his own, this place becomes a temple to a silent dream
E7 Am7 Bm7 E7 Am7 Bm7
Sometimes he will clap and sing, then deep in medi-tation he will learn to be
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E7 Am7 Bm7 E7 Am7 Bm7
And only birds upon the wing, with upward fasci-nation claim to be so free
[Chorus]
Dm7 Am7 G A7 Dm7 Am7 G F#m7 G B7 E7 Am7 Bm7 E7 Am7 Bm7
Day and night - we will be touched, Standing in the light - don't sha-dow the genius
[Bridge]
Bb7 C7 Bb7 C7 Bb7 C7 D7 F#7
Your smile, your freedom, comes to you from within
Bb7 C7 Bb7 C7 Bb7 C7 D7 E7
Still a child with a reason, you're af-raid but it's time to begin
Bb7 C7 Bb7 C7 Bb7 C7 Bb7 A7 G# F#7
Blow the wind of change, though the words are strange - to hear
Bb7 C7 Bb7 C7 Bb7 C7 Bm7 E7 Am7 Bm7 E7 Am7 Bm7 E7 Am7 Bm7
Say what's on your mind, now is not the time - for fear
[Verse]
E7 Am7 Bm7 E7 Am7 Bm7
A summer's day in eight-one, sunlight through a window falls a-cross the page
E7 Am7 Bm7 E7 Am7 Bm7
A young man's fight has just begun, and rising up in-side him is a burning rage
E7 Am7 Bm7 E7 Am7 Bm7
They called his dream a fantasy, a song that every child has sung since time began
E7 Am7 Bm7 E7 Am7 Bm7 E7 Am7 Bm7
But just as long as he believes, standing in the light he'll make them understand (Fade)