{title:A Lighthouse's Tale}
{subtitle:Nickel Creek (2000)}
{key:G}

Note: Chuck all Verses
Warmup: [Em]X [G]X [D]X [D]X

*Intro:
[Em] [G] [D] [D]X

*Verse (chuck):                                  
I am a [Em] lighthouse, 
[G] worn by the weather and the [D] waves. 
I keep my [Em] lamp lit, 
to [G] warn the sailors on their [D] way.         
I'll tell a [Em] story, 
[G] paint you a picture from my [D] past.
I was so [Em] happy, 
but [G] joy in this life seldom [D] lasts. [D]/
 
*Instrumental (same as intro, no chuck)
[Em] [G] [D] [D]X
 
*Verse (chuck): 
I had a [Em] keeper, he [G] helped me 
warn the ships at [D] sea.
We had grown [Em] closer, 'til [G] his joy 
meant everything to [D] me.
And he was to [Em] marry, a [G] girl who 
shone with beauty and [D] light.
And they loved [Em] each other, and [G] with me 
watched the sunsets into [D] night. [D]/
 
*Chorus (no chuck, slower tempo):
And the [C] waves crashing [Bm] around me, 
the [Bb] sand slips [C] out to [D] sea. 
And the [C] winds that blow [Bm] remind me, 
of what has [Em]/ been, [F#m]/ [G]/  [A]/ 
and what can never [D] be.
 
*Instrumental (same as intro, no chuck)
[Em] [G] [D] [D]X
 
*Verse (chuck): 
She'd had to [Em] leave us, 
my [G] keeper prayed for a safe [D] return.
But when the [Em] night came, 
the [G] weather to a raging storm had [D] turned.
He watched her [Em] ship fight, 
but in [G] vain against the wild and terrible [D] wave.
In me so [Em] helpless, as [G] dashed 
against the rock she met her [D] end. [D]/
 
*Chorus (no chuck, slower tempo):
And the [C] waves crashing [Bm] around me, 
the [Bb] sand slips [C] out to [D] sea. 
And the [C] winds that blow [Bm] remind me, 
of what has [Em]/ been, [F#m]/ [G]/  [A]/ 
and what can never [D] be.

*Instrumental (same as intro, no chuck)
[Em] [G] [D] [D]X
 
*Verse (chuck):
Then on the [Em] next day, 
my [G] keeper found her washed up on the [D] shore.
He kissed her [Em] cold face, 
that [G] they'd be together soon he'd [D] swore.
I saw him [Em] crying, 
[G] watched as he buried her in the [D] sand.
And then he [Em] climbed my tower, 
and [G] off of the edge of me he [D] ran. [D]/
 
*Chorus (no chuck, slower tempo):
And the [C] waves crashing [Bm] around me, 
the [Bb] sand slips [C] out to [D] sea. 
And the [C] winds that blow [Bm] remind me, 
of what has [Em]/ been, [F#m]/ [G]/  [A]/ 
and what can never [D] be.
 
*Instrumental (same as intro, no chuck)
[Em] [G] [D] [D]X
 
*Outro (chuck):
I am a [Em] lighthouse, 
[G] worn by the weather and the [D] waves.
And though I'm [Em] empty, 
I [G] still warn the sailors on their [D] way. 
[Em]/ [F#m]/ [G]/