Brighten Your Night With My Day

James Taylor

Tom: G

(intro 4x)  D  G 

D    Bm  Em        A       F#m
Daybreak finds you up and alive
        Bm               G       D      (fill #1)
Just as though you could touch a star
    D   Bm          Em            A  F#m
But sunset seems to leave you weary alone
    Bm        G       D
And wondering who you are

F#m        Bm       F#m             Bm
   Don't deny that lonely feeling babe
     Em              A          D            F#m
That keeps stealing on you from deep down inside
F#m/C#         F#m           Bm         Em
Hey, can't you see that it's no good concealing
   A            Bm         C
A feeling it hurts you to hide

(fill #2)          Bm     F#m
When you can come home to me
         Em        A               D
Yes, I'm happy to hear what you've got
               Bm    C
To say to me, baby, all the way

(fill #2)     Bm        F#m
Girl, you can count on me
             C            A
Watch those shadows fade away
    Em              A           (fill #3)
And brighten your night with my day

G   A     D  Bm  Em      A
Daybreak, sunset hot and cold
        D          F#m
Running smiles and tears
E            A        E                  A
 A bright outside to match your foolish pride
          D             Bm      C
But not a word for the lonely years

(fill #2)        Bm      F#m
Please come back home to me
        Em             A
Now you won't have to say
            D                Bm             C
That you'll stay with me, baby, no, it's not that way

(fill #2)      Bm      F#m
Just come back home to me
             C            A
Watch those shadows fade away
    Em              A
And brighten your night with my...

(Same strumming as intro)
D       G
Daybreak, sunset
    D                 G
You don't have to cry no more
      D              G
Now, everything's gonna be just fine
D               G
Watch out, baby, here it comes
D                    G
Right around the corner
Here it comes

     D              G            (fill #3)
Just brighten your night with my day babe hey hey yeah yeah yeah

(fill #1)

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(fill #2)                         (fill #2 is played as a third,

------------------------------  which would like somthing like this)
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--2---------------------------              (3)
 --2--------------(back to Bm)-       
--0---2---4----2--------------           
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 (You can come home)


(fill #3)

----2-2---2-2---2-2---2--3-3--2--
----3-3---3-3---3-3---3--3-3--3--
----2-2---------------0--0-0--2--
--0-----2-----4----------0-0--0--
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(Emphasis on the bass notes)