Light Years
Glen Travis Campbell
written by Jimmy Webb
album Light Years 1998
Intro G D C G D C
Verse 1
G D C G
There’s a lot of empty space separating me from you,
Em C
it feels like eternity,
Am G C F
a lonely place but I Have to make it through,
E A
your love is my destiny,
D
you’re just across the room,
A
but on a scale of Tears,
Chorus 1
E
well it seems like light years
G E
since I first looked into your eyes
D
light years and saw them Fill with sweet surprise
F#m E A D
light years since we said our last goodbye
Verse 2
A E D A
It was a long hard fall when I fell in love with you,
F#m D
it felt like immortality,
Bm A D G
I came as close to it as anyone could do,
F# B
but it almost cost my sanity,
E B
it’s not that long ago, in our short careers
but it seems like
Chorus 2
F#
light years
E A F#
at least as far as I can see
E
light years since I held you close to me
B G#m F# B
Light years my love goes on endlessly.
Bridge
F# A
And it’s just another party and it’s just another noise
E G#m
and suddenly our eyes meet and you almost loose you poise
B
and in that fraction of a second
D F#
I know you love me still because the
Chorus 3
B F# A F#
Light years and I don’t know where or when
B E
light years till you’re in my arms again
F# G#m F# E B A G
light years I’ll be waiting for you until then
F# E A F#
light years since I looked into your eyes
B E
light years and saw them fill with sweet surprise
F# G#m F# B E B E B
light years since we said our last goodbye.
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God Bless Glen travis Campbell