WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Switchfoot - Where The Light Shines Through Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro riff]
B A B/Eb E A E
e|------------------9------------------|
B|----7-7\5-5--4---/9-9^7-7--5-5^7-3^4-|
G|----8-8\6-6--4---/9-9---9-6--6---4---|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|--7----------------------------------|
B A B/Eb A E
e|------------------------0-----------|
B|--7-7\5-5--4------------0-----------|
G|--8-8\6-6--4--------6\--1-----------|
D|-----------------7------2-----------|
A|---------------0--------2-----------|
E|------------------------0-----------|
[Verse/chorus riff]
B A B/Eb E A E
e|------------------------------|
B|--0-0-0-0--4----9-9\7-7--5----|
G|--8-8\6-6--4----9-9\x-x--6----|
D|--9-9\7-7--x----9-9\7-7--7----|
A|--x-x\x-x--6------------------|
E|--7-7-5-5---------------------|
B/F# A/E B/Eb A E
e|------------------------0-----------|
B|--4-4\2-2--4------------0-----------|
G|--4-4\2-2--4--------6\--1-^2^1^2^1--|
D|--4-4-2-2--x-----7------2-----------|
A|--x-x-x-x--6---0--------2-----------|
E|------------------------0-----------|
[Intro]
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[Post intro]
B A E x2
Yeah
[Verse 1]
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B A B/Eb
When you're feeling like an astronaut
E A E
Stuck on a planet even time forgot, and
B/F# A/E B/Eb A E
You're a version of yourself, but you're not the same
B A B/Eb
You try to keep the wound camouflaged, and
E A B/Eb
The stitches heal, but the years are lost, and
B A B/Eb A E
Another bottle on the shelf can't numb the pain
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[Refrain]
C#m
Why're you running from yourself now?
F#7
You can't run away
[Chorus]
- Begin verse/chorus riff -
B A B/Eb
Cause your scars
E A E
shine like dark stars
B/F# A/E B/Eb
Yeah, your wounds are
A E
where the light shines through
B A B/Eb
So let's go there,
E A E
to that place where
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B11 E
We sing these broken prayers where the light shines through--
B A E
The wound is where the light shines through
B A E
Yeah, the wound is where the light shines through
[Verse 2]
- Begin verse/chorus riff -
B A B/Eb
Ain't we all just Abraham's son?
E A E
Saint and sinner with the song and drum, and
B/F# A/E B/Eb A E
We're falling on our knees, we all bleed the same
B (chug)
And the only tattoos that I have are scars
E A B/Eb
I got your name written on my heart
B A B/Eb A E
And the story that brought us here ain't the thing that changed, no
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[Refrain]
C#m
I wanna see that light shining
F#7
Brighter than the pain
[Bridge]
B C C# D A
Mama, ain't the blood just proof I'm human?
C G B C C#
Mama, ain't the wound just retribution?
D F#
Well Mama, ain't the scar like a vision of grace?
B A E x2
B E
The wound is where the light shines through
B
The wound is where the light finds you
E
The wound is where the light shines through
B
The wound is where the light finds you
B/Eb E
Your scars shine like dark stars
B11 E
Yeah, the wound is where the light shines through
B
It's where the light shines through
A E B
Yeah, yeah, it's where the light shines through
A E B
Yeah, the only tattoo I have
A E B
Oh, oh, oh, oh, it's where the light shines through
A E B A E
Where the light shines, where the the light shines through
B A E
Where the light shines through
It's where the light shines through