Song of the lamp (1981)    (video)

 

      G - D - G - C - D    - G - D  G

 

      G             D     G   C       - D

1. Babe, the night is warm,

                          G              D                         G

     I’m coming, home is where the heart is beating,

      G               D    G   C

    Babe, the moon is young,

            D                                  G         D                    G

    just like we’ve never been gone, a vigil it’s been keeping.

 

              C                          G

See my lamplight, it’s still burning,

                                   C                                           G

do you want to take a light from mine to feed your flame ?

                         C                        G                            Em

Though I was gone so long, the light’s been shining on,

 Am              D                                               G

guiding me home through the wind and the rain.

 

      G             D G   C

2. See the swallow fly,

              D                  G              D        G

    he’s seeking the warmth of clearer skies.

      G              D G      C

    Babe, it’s growing colder,

           D                  G                D      G 

   the summer, the summer is nearly over.

 

+  CHORUS (2x)  ...

 

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (Sally Oldfield)