(Gary Brooker - Keith Reid)

Intro:

        (piano arr. for guitar):

        Bb7
         v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
        ---------1---4---|-------------1---|
        -----3-4---------|-----1-3-4-------|
        ---1-------------|---1-------------|
        -----------------|-----------------|
        -1---------------|-1---------------|
        -----------------|-----------------|

Verse 1:

             Eb                Bb
        It's not that I'm so cheerful
                    Fm               Cm  [3: hold Cm extra bar]
        Though I'll always raise a smile
        Eb              Bb
        If at times my nonsense rhymes
         Fm              Cm              [3: hold Cm extra bar]
        Then I'll stand trial
             Eb               Bb
        My friends are all around me
                  Cm
        But they only breathe through fear
             Eb
        Were I to cry I'm sure that still
               Ab/Bb        Bb
        They'd never see a tear

Chorus:

        Edim                    Fm
        In darkness through my being here
        Adim      Bbm
        Away from you
        Ddim                     Ebm               Eb7
        The bright light of your star confronts me
                 (Abm)
        Shining through

        [1, 2:]

        Abm /G  /Gb /F    Gb  /F  /Fb Ebsus4 Eb
         v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
        -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
        -4---4---4---4---|-2---2---2---4---|-----------------|
        6b8-6b8-6b8-6b8r6|4b6-4b6-4b6-6b8--|-----------------|
        -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
        -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
        -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

        [3: to coda]

Verse 2:

        Dullen, sullen, much subdued
        My skull a stony glaze
        Whirlpools rage on constantly
        I'm not so well these days
        There must be something somewhere near
        Who sees what's being done
        The harbor lights are burning bright
        My wax is almost run

[repeat chorus]

Break:

        (piano arr. for guitar):

        Abm         G+          Abm7/Gb     Abm6/F
         v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
        -7--------7--7--------7--|-7--------7--7-----------|
        -------9-----------8-----|-------7-------------10--|
        ----8-----------8--------|----8--------------------|
        -6-----------5-----------|-------------------------|
        -------------------------|-9-----------8-----------|
        -------------------------|-------------------------|

        Gb         Bbm/F         Gb7/Fb     Eb7sus4 Eb7
         v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
        -6--------6--6--------6--|-6--------6--------------|
        -------7-----------6-----|-------5-----9-----8-----|
        ----6-----------6--------|----6--------6-----------|
        -------------------------|-------------8-----------|
        -9-----------8-----------|-7-----------6-----------|
        -------------------------|-------------------------|

Verse 3:

        Come Lollard, raise your lute and sing
        Unto my ears a beauty bring
        Like Maddox in the days of old
        We'll feast and drink until we fold
        And folding still we'll spare a thought
        For what's been lost and what's been caught
        And maybe then begin again
        For love is life, not poison

[repeat chorus]

Coda [repeat to fade (horns enter 3rd time)]:

        Abm /G  /Gb /F    Gb  /F  /Fb Eb7
         v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
        -----------------|-----------------|
        -4---4---4---4---|-2---2---2---2---|
        6b8-6b8-6b8-6b8r6|4b6-4b6-4b6-4b6--|
        -----------------|-----------------|
        -----------------|-----------------|
        -----------------|-----------------|

        Oh, shining through
        Keep shining through
        Bright light of your star keeps shining through


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers