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Daylight

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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                               G/D          A/D D                
Daylight over the Village Green early in the morning.
D                                   G/D           A/D D
Daylight over the hills and valleys heralding the morning.
D        A/D      D          D          A/D          D
Daylight over the mountains, daylight on the Village Green,
D                 A/D           D    
Daylight over the field and the factories.
G/D     D         G/D   D       G/D        D   G/D (A/D) D
Another night has gone away and here comes yet another   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                              G/D             A/D D
Feel the sunlight on my pillow and it stops my yawning.
D                                    G/D         A/D  D
I thank God that I'm still around to see another dawn in.
D      A/D        D        D         A/D            D
Daylight over the valleys, daylight lighting up the trees,
D        A/D      D                                                        
Daylight over the hillside,
G/D     D         G/D    D      G/D     D        G/D  (A/D) D
Smile a smile and sing a song, another night has been and  gone.

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                                                 B   
  Lonely spinsters dream of dating Roger Moore or 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         A/D           D                                     
 Daylight on the Village Green,
D         A/D           D         G                D             
Daylight, Field and the valleys,  Daylight__(ahhhh)__
.
                                     From Preservation Act I

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