Lover of the Light - Mumford and Sons

Intro: C

C G C

And in the middle of the night, I may watch you go

C G C

There'll be no value in the strength of walls that I'll have grown

F Am Am G F

There'll be no comfort in the shade of the shadows thrown

G C G C

But I'll be yours if you'll be mine

C F C

Stretch out my life and pick the seams out

C F G Am

Take what you like, but close my ears and eyes

F C G C G C

Watch me stumble over and over

C F C

I had done wrong, you build your tower

C F G Am

But call me home and I will build a throne

F C G C G C

And wash my eyes out never again

Chorus:

C F

But love the one you hold

G

And I'll be your goal

Am

To have and to hold

C

A lover of the light

Verse:

C F C

Skin too tight and eyes like marbles

C F G Am

You spin me high so watch me as I glide

F C G C G C

Before I tumble homeward homeward

C F C

I know I've tried, I was not stable

C F G Am

Flawed my pride, I miss my sanguine eyes

F C G C G C

So hold my hands up, breathe in an' breathe out

Chorus:

C F

So love the one you hold

G

And I'll be your goal

Am

To have and to hold

C

A lover of the light

C Am (x2)C

C G C

And in the middle of the night, I may watch you go

C G C

There'll be no value in the strength of walls that I'll have grown

F Am Am G F

There'll be no comfort in the shade of the shadows thrown

F Am Am G F

You may not trust the promises of the change I'll show

G C G C

But I'll be yours if you'll be mine

Solo - C Am C F G Am C F G Am C

Chorus:

C F

So love the one you hold

G

And I will be your goal

Am

To have and to hold

C

A lover of the light

C F

So love the one you hold

G

And I will be your goal

Am

To have and to hold

C

A lover of the light