Chords for Summer Lightning

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_ _ _ _ I was [E] driving _ west _ to the big [D] old mountains
_ The _ [Bm] hills were heavy _ with new [A] fallen snow
_ And the [E] sun bright hills _ _ redappled [D] like a pony
_ _ I was [E] driving _ _ hard, I had [D] miles to _ go _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ And a [Em] magpie flew _ _ _ [E] across the mountain [D]
highway
_ _ It _ [Bm] flashed and tumbled _ through the [A] golden _ trees
_ And I [Em] thought of you, [E] _ _ _ and my [D] heart was lifted
_ _ Floated with [E] that _ magpie _ on the [D] morning _ _ _ breeze _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Oh, where [Em] I go, _ _ _ _ [D] you go with me
_ _ Though [Bm] the _ _ miles keep [A] us apart
_ _ Your kiss is [Em] on my lips, [E] _ _ _ your [D] face before me
_ And your [E] gentle _ hand _ _ always [D] on my heart
_ We _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] are brief summer [D] lightning, [A] we are swift as [D] swallows' flight
[G] We are sparks that spiral [D] upward in [A] the darkness [Bm] in the night _ _
_ [E] We are [G] frost upon a [D] window, we [A] won't pass this [Bm] way again
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[E] In the end, dear, only [A] love remains
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_ _ _ _ Night, the harvest [E]
moon _ _ _ _ [D] hangs over the valley
_ _ I see [Bm] the hills shine in its [E] silvery light
_ It's the same [Em] old moon _ _ [E] that shines [D]
upon you
_ Yet I light [Em] my _ way, _ [E] while I'm by [D] your side _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Well, who scattered [E] these diamonds _ _ through the vault [D] of heaven?
_ _ _ Who drew [Bm] the _ curve of the _ [E]
magpie's wing?
_ _ _ Who shaped [Em] your face, _ _ _ and what made [D] you love me?
_ _ _ Where [E] is the spark _ of every [D] living _ thing? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Well, I guess I don't [E] know, _ _ _ _ _ I [D] don't care either
_ _ _ I [B] know you [Bm] love me, _ how could [E] I not see?
_ _ [A] _ And I [Em] am yours, _ _ now [D] and forever
_ _ Till my lips [Em] fall silent, _ _ [E] and my [D] eyes can't see _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ We [G] are brief summer [D] lightning, [A] we are swift as swallows' flight
We [G] are sparks that [D] spiral upward [A] in the darkness [Bm] in the night _ _
_ We [G] are frost upon a [D] window, we [E] won't pass this way [Bm] _
again
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the end, dear, [E] only love _ remains
[A] _ _ We [G] are brief summer [D] lightning, we are [A]
swift as [D] swallows' flight
We [G] are sparks that [D] spiral upward in [E] the darkness [Bm] in the night _ _
We [G] are frost upon a [D] window, we won't [A] pass this way [Bm] _
again
_ _ _ _ [E] _ In the end, dear, only love remains
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