Villagers - Trick of the light
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Capo: 6
Tuning: E A D G B E
A trick of the light - Villagers
Song written and composed by Conor O'Brien
Based on the acoustic version here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTTpt-Ji650
***CAPO 6***
He adds in an occasional C7 chord which is different from the album version, but otherwise is very similar.
The song is mostly focussed around these cord shapes at capo 6 which you should be able
to move through to play the parts.
(Note you done necessarily play the open strings as on the tab here,
just used to demonstrate no finger required)
F/C D#/E Am C/G C7 F E E7 A7Sus2 EaddB9
e|-0-----0(0)-----0-----0-----0-----1-----0-----0-----0-----0-----------------------------|
B|-1-----1(0)-----1-----1-----1-----1-----0-----0-----0-----0-----------------------------|
G|-2-----1(1)-----2-----0-----3-----2-----1-----1-----0-----1-----------------------------|
D|-3-----2(2)-----2-----2-----2-----3-----2-----0-----2-----3-----------------------------|
A|-3-----2(2)-----0-----0-----3-----3-----2-----2-----0-----2-----------------------------|
E|-0-----0(0)-----0-----3-----0-----1-----0-----0-----0-----0-----------------------------|
[Intro]
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------1-----------1---0---------------1---------------1-----------------|
G|-----2-------2---2-----------1---1---2-------2---0---0-------0---0---------|
D|-------3-------3-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-----------|
A|---3-------3-------2-------2-------0-------0-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------3-------3---------------| X2
[Verse 1]
My heart is spilling over, crashing on the ground.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------1-----------1---0---------------1---------------1-----------------|
G|-----2-------2---2-----------1---1---2-------2---0---0-------0---0---------|
D|-------3-------3-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-----------|
A|---3-------3-------2-------2-------0-------0-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------3-------3---------------|
I can't see whats around me, but soon I'll come around.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------1-----------1---0---------------1---------------1-----------------|
G|-----2-------2---2-----------1---1---2-------2---0---0-------0---0---------|
D|-------3-------3-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-----------|
A|---3-------3-------2-------2-------0-------0-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------3-------3---------------|
My fate is in the balance, of a million tiny words,
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------1-----------1---0---------------1---------------1-----------------|
G|-----2-------2---2-----------1---1---2-------2---0---3-------3---3---------|
D|-------3-------3-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-----------|
A|---3-------3-------2-------2-------0-------0-------3-------3---------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
so I return to silence.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------1-----------1---0---------------1---------------------------------|
G|-----2-------2---2-----------1---1---2-------2---2-------------------------|
D|-------3-------3-------2-------2-------2-------2---------------------------|
A|---3-------3-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0-----------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
And if I see a sign in the sky tonight, noones gonna tell me it's a trick of the light.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------1---------------1-----------------|
G|---------2---------------1-----------2-------2---0---0-------0---0---------|
D|-----3-------3---3---2-------2---2-----2-------2-------2-------2-----------|
A|-------3-------3-------2-------2---0-------0-------------------------------|
E|---1-------1-------0-------0-----------------------3-------3---------------|
May never come but I'm willing to wait, what can I say I'm a man of the faith.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------1---------------1-----------------|
G|---------2---------------1-----------2-------2---0---3-------3---3---------|
D|-----3-------3---3---2-------2---2-----2-------2-------2-------2-----------|
A|-------3-------3-------2-------2---0-------0-------3-------3---------------|
E|---1-------1-------0-------0-----------------------------------------------|
And theres an ocean in my body, and theres a river in my soul,
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------1---------------1-----------------|
G|---------2---------------1-----------2-------2---0---0-------0---0---------|
D|-----3-------3---3---2-------2---2-----2-------2-------2-------2-----------|
A|-------3-------3-------2-------2---0-------0-------------------------------|
E|---1-------1-------0-------0-----------------------3-------3---------------|
and I'm crying.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------1---------------1-----------------|
G|---------2---------------1-----------2-------2---0---0-------0---0---------|
D|-----3-------3---3---2-------2---2-----2-------2-------2-------2-----------|
A|-------3-------3-------2-------2---0-------0-------------------------------|
E|---1-------1-------0-------0-----------------------3-------3---------------|
[Verse 2]
It's time that I let go, of things I can't control
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------1-----------1---0---------------1---------------1-----------------|
G|-----2-------2---2-----------1---1---2-------2---0---0-------0---0---------|
D|-------3-------3-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-----------|
A|---3-------3-------2-------2-------0-------0-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------3-------3---------------|
This path that I have taken, is the only one I know
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------1-----------1---0---------------1---------------1-----------------|
G|-----2-------2---2-----------1---1---2-------2---0---3-------3---3---------|
D|-------3-------3-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-----------|
A|---3-------3-------2-------2-------0-------0-------3-------3---------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Well I've come so far to get here, and I've got so far to go
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------1-----------1---0---------------1---------------1-----------------|
G|-----2-------2---2-----------1---1---2-------2---0---0-------0---0---------|
D|-------3-------3-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-----------|
A|---3-------3-------2-------2-------0-------0-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------3-------3---------------|
So I'll take what I can get, in matters of the soul.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------1-----------1---0---------------1---------------------------------|
G|-----2-------2---2-----------1---1---2-------2---2-------------------------|
D|-------3-------3-------2-------2-------2-------2---------------------------|
A|---3-------3-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0-----------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Chorus] (2)
And if I see a sign in the sky tonight, noones gonna tell me it's a trick of the light.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------1---------------1-----------------|
G|---------2---------------1-----------2-------2---0---0-------0---0---------|
D|-----3-------3---3---2-------2---2-----2-------2-------2-------2-----------|
A|-------3-------3-------2-------2---0-------0-------------------------------|
E|---1-------1-------0-------0-----------------------3-------3---------------|
May never come but I'm willing to wait, what can I say I'm a man of the faith.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------1---------------1-----------------|
G|---------2---------------1-----------2-------2---0---3-------3---3---------|
D|-----3-------3---3---2-------2---2-----2-------2-------2-------2-----------|
A|-------3-------3-------2-------2---0-------0-------3-------3---------------|
E|---1-------1-------0-------0-----------------------------------------------|
And theres an ocean in my body, and theres a river in my soul,
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------1---------------1-----------------|
G|---------2---------------1-----------2-------2---0---3-------3---3---------|
D|-----3-------3---3---2-------2---2-----2-------2-------2-------2-----------|
A|-------3-------3-------2-------2---0-------0-------3-------3---------------|
E|---1-------1-------0-------0-----------------------------------------------|
and I'm crying.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------1-------0-------------------------|
G|---------2---------------1-----------2-------2-------0---0-----0---1-------|
D|-----3-------3---3---2-------2---2-----2-------2-------2---------2---------|
A|-------3-------3-------2-------2---0-------0------0---------0--------------|
E|---1-------1-------0-------0-----------------------------------------------|
[Bridge]
And we are the dawn,
e|--------------------------------------------------0-------------------------|
B|---------0---------------0----------------0-----------0-------0-------------|
G|-----1-------1-------1-------1---1----0-------0-----------0-------1---------|
D|-------2-------2-0-----0-------0--------2-------2-------2-------2-----------|
A|-----------------------------------0--------0-------0-------0---------------|
E|---0-------0-------0-------0------------------------------------------------|
and we carry the sun.
e|--------------------------------------------------0-------------------------|
B|---------0---------------0----------------0-----------0-------0-------------|
G|-----1-------1-------1-------1---1----0-------0-----------0-------1---------|
D|-------2-------2-0-----0-------0--------2-------2-------2-------2-----------|
A|-----------------------------------0--------0-------0-------0---------------|
E|---0-------0-------0-------0------------------------------------------------|
And we are the dawn,
e|--------------------------------------------------0-------------------------|
B|---------0---------------0----------------0-----------0-------0-------------|
G|-----1-------1---1---1-------1---0----0-------0-----------0-------1---------|
D|-------3-------3-------3-------3--------2-------2-------2-------2-----------|
A|-----------------------------------0--------0-------0-------0---------------|
E|---0-------0-------0-------0------------------------------------------------|
and we carry the sun
e|--------------------------------------------------0-------------------------|
B|---------0---------------0----------------0-----------0-------0-------------|
G|-----1-------1---1---1-------1---0----0-------0-----------0-----------------|
D|-------3-------3-------3-------3--------2-------2-------2-------2-----------|
A|-----------------------------------0--------0-------0-------0---------------|
E|---0-------0-------0-------0------------------------------------------------|
[Outro]
Mmmm, mmm, mmm mmm, mmm.
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D|-------3-------3-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-----------|
A|---3-------3-------2-------2-------0-------0-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------3-------3---------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------1-----------1---0---------------1---------------1-----------------|
G|-----2-------2---2-----------1---1---2-------2---0---0-------0---0---------|
D|-------3-------3-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-----------|
A|---3-------3-------2-------2-------0-------0-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------3-------3---------------|
Noones gonna tell me it's a trick of the light
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------1-----------1---0---------------1---------------1-----------------|
G|-----2-------2---2-----------1---1---2-------2---0---0-------0---0---------|
D|-------3-------3-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-----------|
A|---3-------3-------2-------2-------0-------0-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------3-------3---------------|
e|---------------------------------------0-----------------------------------|
B|---------1-----------1---0------------1------------------------------------|
G|-----2-------2---2-----------1---1---2-------------------------------------|
D|-------3-------3-------2-------2----2--------------------------------------|
A|---3-------3-------2-------2-------0---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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