Sunshine on Leith

 

     A

1. My heart was broken, my heart was broken,

      E  A      E  A     E  A      A7

    sorrow, sorrow, sorrow, sorrow.

     D                                Bm

    My heart was broken, my heart was broken,

            E                                                               E7

    you saw it, you claimed it, you touched it, you saved it.

 

     A

2. My tears are drying, my tears are drying

       E     A       E     A       E    A      A7

    thankyou, thankyou, thankyou, thankyou.

     D                             Bm

    My tears are drying, my tears are drying,

               E                                                                E7

    your beauty and kindness made tears clear my blindness.

 

Bm                E              A                 D               E           A       - A7

    While I'm worth my room on this earth, I will be with you.

 D                      E            A                  D

    While the chief, puts sunshine on Leith,

                                                  E                               - E7

I'll thank him for his work, and your birth and my bi…..rth.

 

       E                                +   A - D - D - E     A - D - E - E7 (2x)

    Yeah, yeah, yeah !

 

+ repeat verse 1   + CHORUS

       E                          E7

    Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah !

    +   A - D - D - E     A - D - E - E7 (2x) ….

 

(orig. = capo 1st)     (The Proclaimers)