Chemical Lights
[G] [A] [Bm] [F#m]
Key D
bpm 143
[G] [A] [Bm] [F#m]
Verse 1
[G] [A]
I can lick my wounds, I can make amends
[Bm] [F#m]
I can say my prayers, I can bow my head
[G] [A] [Bm] [F#m]
If I break my body, can you bury it? (Bury it?)
[G] [A]
I can live for you, a hundred times
[Bm] [F#m]
I can only die once, so time it right
[G] [A]
If I break my body, can you bury it?
[Em] [D] [G] [A]
And sing for me a funeral hymn, let me hear you say:
Chorus
[G]
"You glow in the chemical light
[Bm] [D]
And the green in your eyes
[G]
Makes you look more alive than you did before
[Bm] [D]
The kids are alright, we're living our lives"
[G]
Yeah, we glow in the chemical light
[D]
From that look in your eyes
[G]
We're a little less alivе than we were bеfore
[D]
The kids are alright, we're living our lives
[G] [A] [Bm]
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Verse 2
[G] [A]
Funny how life changes with the time of the day
[Bm] [F#m]
Funny how our house is still stuck in the shade
[G] [A]
Is our side of the street the only one that is gray?
[Bm] [Em]
Have noticed the neighbors don't live this way
[Gm] [D] [G] [A]
Live this way, live this way, yeah, I hear them say
Chorus
[G]
"You glow in the chemical light
[Bm] [D]
And the green in your eyes
[G]
Makes you look more alive than you did before
[Bm] [D]
The kids are alright, we're living our lives"
[G]
Yeah, we glow in the chemical light
[D]
From that look in your eyes
[G]
We're a little less alivе than we were bеfore
[D]
The kids are alright, we're living our lives
In the chemical, in the chemical light
Bridge
[G] [A]
Now I'm breaking your heart as I'm starting the car
[Bm] [Dm]
And I'm driving away as we're falling apart
[G] [A] [Bm]
Yellow lines, white lights turn to pastel in my eyes
[F#m] [G]
I could paint you a picture prettier than these times
[A] [Bm] [G]
Now all we do is glow, I'll remember how you glow
[A] [Bm]
How you glow
Chorus
[G]
"You glow in the chemical light
[Bm] [D]
And the green in your eyes
[G]
Makes you look more alive than you did before
[Bm] [D]
The kids are alright, we're living our lives"
[G]
Yeah, we glow in the chemical light
[D]
From that look in your eyes
[G]
We're a little less alivе than we were bеfore
[D]
The kids are alright, we're living our lives
Chemical, in the chemical
Outro
[G]
Glow in the chemical light
[A] [Bm]
From that look in your eyes
[G]
We're a little less alive than we were before
[A] [Bm]
The kids are alright, we're living our lives
We're living our lives, we're living
N.C.
Greetings from Bleak Street
Won't you come visit sometime?
[G]
We glow in the chemical, we glow in the chemical
[D]
Glow in the chemical, we glow in the chemical
[G]
Glow in the chemical, we glow in the chemical
[D]
Glow in the chemical, we glow, we glow
[G]
We glow in the chemical light
[A] [Bm]
From that look in your eyes
[A] [G]
We're a little less alive than we were before
[A] [Bm]
The kids are alright, we're living our lives
We're living our lives, we're living
