Switchfoot - Where the light shines through

^BWhen you're feeling like an astronaut ^EStuck on a planet even time forgot, and ^BYou're a version of yourself, but you're not the sam^Ae ^{E B}You try to keep the wound camouflaged, and ^EThe stitches heal, but the years are lost, and ^BAnother bottle on the shelf can't numb the pa^Ain ^E

^C#mWhy you running from yourself now? ^F#You can't run away

'cause ^Byour scars shine like ^Edark stars Yeah, your ^Bwounds are where the light shin^Aes through ^E So let's ^Bgo there, to that ^Eplace where We sing these ^F#mbroken prayers where the light shin^Ees through The wound is where the light shine^Bs through ^A Yeah, the w^Eound is where the light shine^Bs through ^{A E}

^BAin't we all just Abraham's son? ^ESaint and sinner with the song and drum, and ^BWe're falling on our knees, we all bleed the sam^Ae ^E And the ^Bonly tattoos that I have are scars ^EI got your name written on my heart And the ^Bstory that brought us here ain't the thing that chan^Aged,^E no

^C#mI wanna see that light shining ^F#Brighter than the pain

'cause ^Byour scars shine like a ^Edark star Yeah, your ^Bwounds are where the light shin^Aes through ^E So let's ^Bgo there, to that ^Eplace where We sing these ^F#mbroken prayers where the light shine^Es through The wound is where the light shine^Bs through

^DMama, ain't the blood just proof I'm h^Auman? ^CMama, ain't the wound just retrib^Gution? ^{B C C# D}Well Mama, ain't the scar like a vision of g^F#race?^E

^B(It's the ^Ascars that ^Emake a ^Bman So maybe all these ^Ascars are [^Efriends?]) ^B

The wound is where the light shines ^Ethrough The wound is where the light finds ^Byou The wound is where the light shines ^Ethrough (Yeah)

Yeah, ^G#myour scars (The wound is where the light shines through) shine like ^Edark stars (The wound is where the light finds you) Yeah, the ^F#mwound is where the (The wound is where the shines through) ^Alight shines t^Ehrough

It's where the light shi^Bnes through ^AYeah, yeah,^E it's where the light shin^Bes through ^AYeah,^E the only tattoo I ^Bhave Oh^A, oh, oh, o^Eh, it's where the light shin^Bes through ^AWhere the light shines, ^Ewhere the the light shin^Bes through ^{A E} Where the light shine^Bs through ^{A E} It's where the light shines ^Bthrough