Tricks of the light    (video)

 

    G ~          +  Am - F - G - Am (2x)

 

    G              C       G                      C        D

1. I have a crazy man, waiting for confirmation,

     G                     C            G                                C       D

    signs keep a-changing and I need some more information.

 

Am                             Em                     Am  - Em

    Some tricks of the light you never know,   

             Am                        Em              Am  - Em

make a flickering midnight light into a glow.

                          Am - F - G - Am                            Am   - F - G - Am

It’s a trick of the light,                    it’s a trick of the light.

 

      G                      C           G                            C               D

2. Something that tells me how her bright blue eyes are smiling,

      G                  C            G                                   C      D

    she turns up her head now, where she walks, she’ll deny him.

 

Am                             Em                     Am  - Em

    Some tricks of the light you never know,   

             Am                        Em              Am  - Em

make a flickering midnight light into a glow.

               Am                            Em                         Am   - Em

And the spot that you saw so bright was just for show,

             Am                            Em                         Am   - Em

could it ever have turned out right, you’ll never know.

                          Am - F - G - Am                             Am   - F - G - Am

It’s a trick of the light,                    it’s a trick of the light.

 

      G                    C              G                           C          D

3. She turns, she takes his hand, breaking his concentration,

     G                  C           G                                          C     D

    she burns at his command that ends some man’s recollection.

 

+  CHORUS        +  Am - F - G - Am     - Am - F - G - F

 

   Am  - F           G              Am

+              It’s a trick of the light ....(5x)     +  Am - F ...

 

(orig. = capo 4th)    (Mike Oldfield)