Tom: D
Intro: C
C G C
And in the middle of the night, I may watch you go
C G C
There'll be no value in the strength of walls that I'll have grown
F Am Am G F
There'll be no comfort in the shade of the shadows thrown
G C G C
But I'll be yours if you'll be mine
C F C
Stretch out my life and pick the seams out
C F G Am
Take what you like, but close my ears and eyes
F C G C G C
Watch me stumble over and over
C F C
I had done wrong, you build your tower
C F G Am
But call me home and I will build a throne
F C G C G C
And wash my eyes out never again
Chorus:
C F
But love the one you hold
G
And I'll be your goal
Am
To have and to hold
C
A lover of the light
Verse:
C F C
Skin too tight and eyes like marbles
C F G Am
You spin me high so watch me as I glide
F C G C G C
Before I tumble homeward homeward
C F C
I know I've tried, I was not stable
C F G Am
Flawed my pride, I miss my sanguine eyes
F C G C G C
So hold my hands up, breathe in an' breathe out
Chorus:
C F
So love the one you hold
G
And I'll be your goal
Am
To have and to hold
C
A lover of the light
C Am (x2)C
C G C
And in the middle of the night, I may watch you go
C G C
There'll be no value in the strength of walls that I'll have grown
F Am Am G F
There'll be no comfort in the shade of the shadows thrown
F Am Am G F
You may not trust the promises of the change I'll show
G C G C
But I'll be yours if you'll be mine
Solo - C Am C F G Am C F G Am C
Chorus:
C F
So love the one you hold
G
And I will be your goal
Am
To have and to hold
C
A lover of the light
C F
So love the one you hold
G
And I will be your goal
Am
To have and to hold
C
A lover of the light
