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Brighten Your Night With My Day

by James Taylor

Biography:

James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 100 million records worldwide.

Taylor achieved his breakthrough in 1970 with the No. 3 single "Fire and Rain" and had his first No. 1 hit the following year with "You've Got a Friend", a recording of Carole King's classic song.

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Brighten Your Night With My Day

Words & music by James Taylor

D G (Play 4x)

D Bm Em A F#m
Daybreak finds you up and alive

Bm G D (Fill #1)
Just as though you could touch a star

D Bm Em A F#m
But sunset seems to leave you weary alone

Bm G D
And wondering who you are

F#m Bm F#m Bm
Don't deny that lonely feeling babe

Em A D F#m
That keeps stealing on you from deep down inside

F#m/C# F#m Bm Em
Hey, can't you see that it's no good concealing

A Bm C
A feeling it hurts you to hide

(Fill #2) Bm F#m
When you can come home to me

Em A D
Yes, I'm happy to hear what you've got

Bm C
To say to me, baby, all the way

(Fill #2) Bm F#m
Girl, you can count on me

C A
Watch those shadows fade away

Em A (Fill #3)
And brighten your night with my day

G A D Bm Em A
Daybreak, sunset hot and cold

D F#m
Running smiles and tears

E A E A
A bright outside to match your foolish pride

D Bm C
But not a word for the lonely years

(Fill #2) Bm F#m
Please come back home to me

Em A
Now you won't have to say

D Bm C
That you'll stay with me, baby, no, it's not that way

(Fill #2) Bm F#m
Just come back home to me

C A
Watch those shadows fade away

Em A
And brighten your night with my...

(Same strumming as intro)
D G
Daybreak, sunset

D G
You don't have to cry no more

D G
Now, everything's gonna be just fine

D G
Watch out, baby, here it comes

D G
Right around the corner

Here it comes

D G (Fill #3)
Just brighten your night with my day babe hey hey yeah yeah yeah

Fill #1
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------0---0--
--0^2---2----
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Fill #2 Fill #2 is played as a third,
------------------------------ which would like somthing like this:
------------------------------
--2--------------------------- __3__
--2--------------(back to Bm)- | | | |
--0---2---4----2-------------- | | | |
------------------------------ / / / /
(You can come home)

Fill #3
----2-2---2-2---2-2---2--3-3--2--
----3-3---3-3---3-3---3--3-3--3--
----2-2---------------0--0-0--2--
--0-----2-----4----------0-0--0--
--------------------2------------
-------------------------3-3-----
(Emphasis on the bass notes)

Words & music by James Taylor
Released on his self-titled debut with Apple Records (1969)

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