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The Light We Left On

∼98 bpm. Key: C major. Capo 0 on guitar Vibe: intimate, safe, builds at the end [Verse 1] C - Am - F - G Drove through town at a quarter past two C - Am - F - G Everything closed, everything blue C - Am - F - G Except for one window on Queen Street side F - G - C Burning warm like it knew I was coming [Verse 2] C - Am - F - G Didn't call ahead, didn't say a word C - Am - F - G Didn't know if you'd still be here C - Am - F - G But the porch light was on like a prayer in the dark F - G - C Saying "you're not too late" [Pre-Chorus] Am - F - C - G And I don't know who Am - F - C - G Or what made it stay F - G - Em - Am But in a world that keeps turning off F - G Somebody left the light on *_ C - Am - F - G Oh, the light we left on C - Am - F - G Guiding me home when I was gone C - Am - F - G Didn't ask why, didn't ask how long F - G - C Just kept burning for me C - Am - F - G The light we left on C - Am - F - G In the cold and the quiet and the wrong Am - F - C - G If I ever get lost again F - G - C Let it burn, let it burn[Chorus] [Verse 3] C - Am - F - G Mornings come slow in this part of town C - Am - F - G Coffee's still hot, nobody's around C - Am - F - G But that little glow in the kitchen still shows F - G - C That someone's been thinking of me [Pre-Chorus] Am - F - C - G And I don't know if Am - F - C - G It was luck or grace F - G - Em - Am But when I had nowhere to turn F - G There was light on my face [Final Chorus] C - Am - F - G Oh, the light we left on C - Am - F - G Found me home when I was gone C - Am - F - G No questions asked, no judgment thrown F - G - C Just kept burning for me C - Am - F - G The light we left on C - Am - F - G In the winter and the warm and the in-between Am - F - C - G If I ever get lost again F - G - C Let it burn... let it burn _* F - C - G - C Let it burn... for me[Outro]