Tuning:

Light and Night was a wonderful little song that Tally Hall wrote and recorded with Nellie McKay for Kate DiCamillo's novel "The Magician's Elephant". It is based around an oom-pa oom-pa pattern and it's very very easy to get. If you're not sure exactly how to pluck it, just play along with the song, it's very natural and straightforward. NOTE: all of these chords should be played barred, otherwise you'll have the wrong inversion and it'll sound weird. INTRO: Cm Cm (Eb) Fm We ought to leave a light on, leave a light on, underneath the moon.

^BbSitting in the sight of every eye. ^CmI believe in you. ^AbOpen your window, look ^Ebout and see me. ^BbmSlow I am coming a ^Ablong way to^G be.

Cm (Eb) Fm An accidental light on. Such as I am. By the lonely sun.

^BbEver is the light on, is the light on. ^CmEver meant to run. ^AbCold but I'm outside and ^Ebwaiting to see. ^BbmBlowing the snow coming ^Abcloser to ^Gme.

^AbTonight I'm arriving ^Ebalive and aligh^Bbt. ^AbTonight all the black and the ^Ebgray and the white. ^Bb ^AbAnd I want to be like ^Cmyou are the one light. ^AbI want to see your ^Bbeyes looking back and into ^Cmmine.

Cm (Eb) Fm Better when the light comes in the night time opening the door.

^BbHoping to be right, it's open every night. So ^Cmwhatcha waiting for? ^AbOpen your window look ^Ebout and see me. ^BbmSlow I am coming a long way to ^Gbe.

(Db) G C - C7 F - Fm Something is real. Maybe not. Something is gone.

^Db Something is ^Ghere. Only ^Ctho

ug^C7ht. All that you ^Fwa

nt^Fm. ^Db Everything ^Ebelse will follow.

guitar solo (verse structure) Fm (Ab) Bbm Eb Fm Db Ab Ebm Db C

^DbTonight I'm arriving ^Abalive and aligh^Ebt. ^DbTonight all the black and the ^Abgray and the white^Eb ^DbAnd I want to be like ^Fmyou are the one light. ^DbI want to see your ^Ebeyes looking back and into mine.

Tally Hall - Light and night