Key: G
Introduction: G#m D#
G#m
I saw the light, I saw the light
G#m
Now ain't that funny?
G#
I saw the light, I saw the light
G#m7 B7
And man it got me, got me to thinking
E
The way of the righteous, that's a lie
C#m7 D#7 G#m
One more myth to keep you down until you die
G#m
You make your bed, you lie in it
G#m
Don't everybody?
G#m
You make your bed cause in the end
G#m7
We all need somebody
B7
But there'll come a day
E
Out of the shadows we will shine
C#m7 D#7 G#m
Every man a king in his own right
B7
There'll come a day
E
Turn our troubles into diamonds
C#m D#7
I saw the light, I saw the light
G#m
I saw the light
E D#7
And it ain't no use holding back the truth
G#m F# C#7
Like holding back the ocean with your hands
C#m7
Oh I saw the light, I saw the light
D#7 G#m
I saw the light and now I understand
G#m
I saw the light, I saw the light
G#m
And I tell you something
G#m
You gotta fight, you gotta fight
G#m7
If you do just one thing
B7
Oh we may be no-one
E
Picking the locks on the doors of power
C#m7 D#7
But brother you and me
G#m
We're the mothers of invention
B7
We may be no-one
E
But we be nimble, we be quick
C#m7
You and me
D#7 G#m7
We're the birth of imagination
E D#7
And it ain't no use holding back the truth
G#m F# C#7
Like holding back the ocean with your hands
C#m7
Oh I saw the light, I saw the light
D#7 G#m7
I saw the light and now I understand
Outro
G#m
Now I understand