A
There's a certain point
        D
The body can't come back from
   A
In one year, we've learned
      D
The turn of the mouth

      D
The depth that the chest cavity takes
  A
Chuck was there for three out of three
D
I was there for the third 'cause I couldn't be
E
There for the one who was closest to me

                                        D
But I can't say I'd run when things get hard
                        E
It's just that I don't trust myself with my heart
       D
But I've had to let it break a little more
            F#m/E
'Cause they say that's what it's for

                 D           E
That's how the light shines in
                 F#m
That's how the light shines in
                D           E  D
That's how the light gets in

( A  G )

     D                            E
So everyone was there, they were standing and laughing
     A          G#m           F#m            E
And I'm on the side with my tears streaming down
           D                  E
There's something about the clutch of the wrist
      A             G#m       F#m          E
He thought mine was his to carve into his mouth
D
We've only got hours

       D                    E
And I just can't stop crying 'cause all of the ways
          A             G#m
When you see someone dying
     F#m          E             D
You see all your days flash in front of you
                     A                G#m  F#m  E
And you think about who would be with you
                    D          E
And then there's Donoghue

( A  G#m  F#m  E  D  E )

          A
Daddy, I miss them
              D
I'm in the mountains
              C#m
I'm probably running away from the feelings I get
         E                 F#m
When I think of all the things about them

          F#m
Daddy, I miss them
              D
I'm at the Roadrunner Café
              C#m
I'm probably running away from the thoughts in the day
         E
I had things to do with them, but they say

                D            E
That's how the light gets in
                D
That's how the light gets in
                F#m          E
That's how the light gets in

    D                     E
Think by the 3rd of March, I was cracked open
A            G#m            E
Finally the ground was cold, they wouldn't open
D                                 E                 A   G#m
Brought by the sunlight of the spirit to pour into rain
           F#m        E         D               E
There's a name for it in Japanese, it's kintsugi

A                G#m          F#m
They sang folk songs from the 40s
E            D                           E
Even the fourteen-year old knew Froggie Came A-Courtin'
A          G#m        F#m          E
How do my blood relatives know all of these songs?
D                    E                         A G#m
I don't know anyone left to know songs that I sing

( F#m  E )

                 D         E
That's how the light gets in
                G           D
That's how the light gets in

( D  E )

       A
But, daddy, I miss them
               D
I'm at the Roadrunner Café
           C#m
Probably running away from the feelings today
         E                            F#m
In the snow-capped mountains of the desert

           F#m
Daddy, I miss them
            D
I'm in the mountains
            C#m
Probably running away, I've been meaning to say
                E                   F#m
That there's nothing to do except know that this is
         F#m
How the light gets in
        E           D
Like cracking, the light gets in
              F#m
It's how the light gets in
                 D
That's how the light gets in
                D
That's how the light gets in
              F#m    E D     E F#m  E D
Then you're golden, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah, oh
              D             E
Just another folk song, but anyway
    A     G#m       F#m       E
I try so hard, but that's okay
              D            E
It's how the light gets in
              G    F#m
It's how the light gets in
              F#m E   G   F#m
It's how the light gets in