Chords for "Daylight"
Date: April 20, 1997 2:44 PM
From: IAN GRANT
Daylight Written by Raymond Douglas Davies
Intro D (D is a near constant pedal note. Lower case letters indicate melody
notes)
D G/D A/D D
Daylight over the Village Green early in the morning.
D G/D A/D D
Daylight over the hills and valleys heralding the morning.
D A/D D D A/D D
Daylight over the mountains, daylight on the Village Green,
D A/D D
Daylight over the field and the factories.
G/D D G/D D G/D D G/D (A/D) D
Another night has gone away and here comes yet another day.
G D D E E F# F# G G A A B B C D D
See the early morning risers walking round with bleary eyes.
G E B F# F#
Worn out housewives grit their teeth ignoring new born babies' cries.
B F# F# G# G# a#a# B B C# C# D# D# E F# F#
Look at all the busy people this way, that way, everywhere
B F# F# G# G# A# A# B B C# C# D# D# E F# F#
Biting toast and swallowing tea and breakfast specials on the air.
E B D A A7 build
Feel that daylight.
D G/D A/D D
Feel the sunlight on my pillow and it stops my yawning.
D G/D A/D D
I thank God that I'm still around to see another dawn in.
D A/D D D A/D D
Daylight over the valleys, daylight lighting up the trees,
D A/D D
Daylight over the hillside,
G/D D G/D D G/D D G/D (A/D) D
Smile a smile and sing a song, another night has been and gone.
G D D D E E F# F# G
Middle-aged bankers crack their backs
G A A B B C D D
And wish they were young and in their teens,
G B
Lonely spinsters dream of dating Roger Moore or Steve McQueen.
B F# F# G# G# A# A# B B C# C# D# D# E F# F#
Health fanatics in their attics training for the Empire Games,
B F# F# G# G# A# A# B B C# C# D# D# E f#f#
School boys dream of Captain Scarlet, battle ships and aeroplanes.
E B D A A7 D
Feel that daylight, Daylight.
D A/D D
Daylight on the Village Green,
D A/D D G D
Daylight, Field and the valleys, Daylight__(ahhhh)__
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From Preservation Act I
