Distant Light

Fm Fm7 Eb Cm C C7 F

[Verse 1]
Bb                        F
The man appeared to me inside that 
yellow wood.
Bb                                
I'd carved his name in the dirt, 
      F
at the crossroads where we stood.
         Bb
He said, are you looking for 
directions?
        F
I said, gee, I wish you would.
      C                            
Which way to the infinite road that
 C7
 unwinds from within?

[Chorus]
                    F              
He said, follow the distant light. 
  Bb          F
Oh you know I will!
F                              
Follow the distant light, just a 
   Bb                 F
little bit over the hill
F                          
Follow the distant light and 
      Bb                  F
although you'll never near it.
         Bb
You can travel on forever and you'll
 never be back here.
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           F
I said, alright (hoo, yeah, distant 
light)

[Verse 2]
Bb                            
The stranger appeared to me, he 
     F
hopped down from his tree.
        Bb                       
He said, I can give you anything, 
        F
but you know that nothing's free.
    Bb                             
Well I could take it or leave it. I
       F
 said, well what do you want from 
me.
         C                         
He said, nothing much really, just 
                      C7
a small token of appreciation
C7
That would mean so little to man 
like you and so much to a man like 
me.

[Chorus]
          F                Bb 
Gimme the distant light.Oh no I 
          F
cannot do it
          F                 Bb 
Gimme the distant light, he said 
              F
through his teeth
          F                        
Gimme the distant light, you know I
       Bb            F
 ain't quite yet through with it
      Bb
As I saw it shining dimly through 
the branches of his tree
        F
I walked on (yeah, distant light)

[Interlude]
Fm Fm7 Eb Cm C C7

[Chorus]
              F                  
Following the distant light, like 
            Bb                 F
the way some people look for parking
              F                  
Following the distant light, yeah 
     Bb                  F
and tripping all over my feet
                   F            
But following the distant light, 
         Bb             F         
Lord, I know if I keep walking, 
           Bb
I'll never touch it,
Bb                                
But as long as I move it'll shine 
                     F
down on me, shine on me

[Other]
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ooh, yeah, distant light