Sunrise


Sunlight: a razzle-dazzle kind of glamour in the sky             |Dm / / / |F  / / / |Bb / / / |A7 / / / | 
No more than just the glimmer of a star nearby and bright        |Dm / / / |F  / / / |Bb / / / |A7 / / / | 

I've seen it turn the trick a thousand times                     |Bb / / / |Eb / / / |
                     and send the millions wild with joy         |Dm / / / |Dm / / / |
Whereas for me it's just a toy                                   |Cm / / / |Cm / / / |
                     that flying horses dragged up from the sea  |A7 / / / |A7 / / / |

Sunrise, how little thought it takes, how little time it leaves  |Dm / / / |F  / / / |Bb / / / |A7 / / / | 
Not long before she wakes to dress and then she leaves your eyes |Dm / / / |F  / / / |Bb / / / |A7 / / / | 

For very soon the sun will come for her                          |Bb / / / |Eb / / / |
                     and it will carry her from you              |Dm / / / |Dm / / / |
It's seen too many men like you                                  |Cm / / / |Cm / / / |
                     to care how soon it chooses to arise        |A7 / / / |A7 / / / |

Sunshine already seems as if it's moving in to stay              |Dm / / / |F  / / / |Bb / / / |A7 / / / | 
Smiling the wide and steady smile that says "The day is mine"    |Dm / / / |F  / / / |Bb / / / |A7 / / / | 

How many clever men have called the sun                          |Bb / / / |Eb / / / |
                     a fool before today                         |Dm / / / |Dm / / / |
"O unruly sun" they say                                          |Cm / / / |Cm / / / |
                     "for stepping in to take my love away"      |A7 / / / |A7 / / / |

Sunlight; it's time to make a move, it's time to rise and shine  |Dm / / / |F  / / / |Bb / / / |A7 / / / | 
Sunrise, shaking your shoulder murmurs "Everything looks fine"   |Dm / / / |F  / / / |Bb / / / |A7 / / / | 
And takes your love away                                         |Dm / / / |F  / / / |Bb / / / |A7 / / / | 
                                                          (fade) |Dm / / / |F  / / / |Bb / / / |A7 / / / |
Chord transcription suggested by Ian Chippett. Ian plays the song in Am,
Pete (as here) in Dm, though he suggests some might prefer Em as a compromise.
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