Lamplight

LAMPLIGHT
tabbed by Douglas Thompson (bananaco9@gmail.com)

  Chords Used:
E|--0--|--2--|--2--|--2--|--2--|
B|--0--|--3--|--4--|--2--|--2--|
G|--0--|--2--|--4--|--3--|--2--|
D|--2--|--0--|--4--|--4--|--4--|
A|--2--|-----|--2--|--4--|--4--|
E|--0--|-----|-----|--2--|--2--|
 | Em  |  D  |  B  | F#  | F#m |


Em  D [x2]

       Em  
On the edge of the lamplight
         D
A little boy stays
       Em
Close enough to be seen
     D
Far enough to be safe

        Em
Sitting down in the lamplight
         D
A little boy's gaze
        Em
Falters from the blank stars
       D
Fishes through the swollen haze


Em  D  [x2]

       Em
Hiding out in the moonlight
         D
A little boy plays
    Em
All alone in a crowd
       D
Firmly set in his ways

         B           F#
Climbing back to the lamplight
         B     F#
A little boy takes
  B            F#
A last look, a last chance
      B         F#
Gone away too afraid

       Em
And he waits, and he waits
       D
And he waits, and he waits
       Em
And he waits, and he waits
     D
For another chance

       Em
And he waits, and he waits
       D
And he waits, and he waits
       Em
And he waits, and he waits
     D
For another chance


Em  D  [x2]

         Em 
Floating up in the limelight
         D
A little boy weighs
        Em
Half as much as he did
     D
When he was offstage

         B           F#
Crashing down in the lamplight
         B     F#
A little boy razed
      B            F#
Every hope that he had
      B             F#
Every dream that he chased

       Em
And he waits, and he waits
       D
And he waits, and he waits
       Em
And he waits, and he waits
     D
For another chance

       Em
And he waits, and he waits
       D
And he waits, and he waits
       Em
And he waits, and he waits
     D
For another chance


Em  D  [x4]

         Em 
Slipping back to the lamplight
         D
A little boy waits
     Em
Waterfalls down his cheeks
       D
A last wish too late

       B           F#
On the edge of the lamplight
         B     F#
A little boy stays
       B           F#
Close enough to be seen
     B           F#
Far enough to be safe

       Em
And he waits, and he waits
       D
And he waits, and he waits
       Em
And he waits, and he waits
     D
For another chance

       Em
And he waits, and he waits
       D
And he waits, and he waits
       Em
And he waits, and he waits
     D
For another chance

       F#m
And he waits, and he waits
       E
And he waits, and he waits
       F#m
And he waits, and he waits
     E
For another chance

       F#m
And he waits, and he waits
       E
And he waits, and he waits
       F#m
And he waits, and he waits
     E
For another chance

F#m  E  [x4]
B    F# [x4]