Porchlight

Intro: G, Cadd9 x4

Verse 1:
G         Cadd9  G             Cadd9
One month down; two more months in
G         Cadd9  G             Cadd9
I can’t wait to see you again
             D
I’m going to hold you so tight
Cadd9                   G      
Until your heart’s unbroken
Cadd9 , G , Cadd9


Verse 2:
G              Cadd9  G          
Some of us got lost; some got 
Cadd9
found
G                Cadd9  G       
Mortgaged, car’d, kids, on the 
      Cadd9
edge of town
            D               
Tell me what happened to the 
       Cadd9
fireworks and
             G       Cadd9 , G , 
Promises spoken?
Cadd9


Chorus: X2
D                   Cadd9
All my friends are someplace else
G                   D
I’m out here by myself
Am                   Cadd9
Leave the porchlight on and
                  G   Cadd9 , G , 
Your heart wide open,      (second
Cadd9 , G, Cadd9, G Cadd9
 time)  Heart wide open

Interlude: G, Cadd9 x4

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Verse 3:
G         Cadd9   G             
I went for a walk where I grew 
Cadd9
up slow
G         Cadd9  G             Cadd9
Hoping to see a face I used know
D
I walked for hours
Cadd9              G     Cadd9 , 
And didn’t meet a soul
G , Cadd9


Verse 4:
          G         Cadd9
I’m sick of other people’s bathrooms
 G             Cadd9
And other people’s beds
G         Cadd9   G             
Some of us stayed; most of us 
Cadd9
fled
      D
From this life
   Cadd9                           
It can leave you a little bent and 
   G   Cadd9 , G, Cadd9
broken

Chorus: X2
D                   Cadd9
All my friends are someplace else
G                   D
I’m out here by myself
Am                   Cadd9
Leave the porchlight on and
                  G   Cadd9 , G , 
Your heart wide open,       
Cadd9 , G, Cadd9, G Cadd9
(second time) Heart wide open

Interlude: G, Cadd9 x4

Verse 5:
G         Cadd9  G             Cadd9
I threw myself out into the world
G         Cadd9  G             Cadd9
And the world she received me
    D
And landed me safe in
Cadd9                   G      
Safe into the nest of you
Cadd9 , G , Cadd9


Verse 6: (but really verse 1)
G         Cadd9  G             Cadd9
One month down; two more months in
G         Cadd9  G             Cadd9
I can’t wait to see you again
             D
I’m going to hold you so tight
Cadd9                   G      
Until your heart’s unbroken
Cadd9 , G , Cadd9


Chorus: X2
D                   Cadd9
All my friends are someplace else
G                   D
I’m out here by myself
Am                   Cadd9
Leave the porchlight on and
                  G   Cadd9 , G , 
Your heart wide open,       
Cadd9 , G, Cadd9, G Cadd9
(second time) Heart wide open