G    Cadd9    G    Cadd9

[Verse 1]
            G                Cadd9        G         Cadd9
There's a light beyond these woods, Mary Margaret.
        G                 Cadd9
Do you think that we will go there,
     G                             C/G       CMaj7/G   C/G
And see what makes it shine, Mary Margaret?
CMaj7/G                            G                     Cadd9   G
         It's almost morning, and we've talked all night,
     D                            C/G
You know we've made big plans for ten-year-olds,
G           Cadd9      G      Cadd9
You and I.

[Verse 2]
         G          Cadd9        G         Cadd9
Have you met my new boy friend, Margaret?
G              Cadd9         G
   His name is John, and he rides my bus to school,
       C/G       CMaj7/G   C/G
And he holds my hand.
     CMaj7/G     G           Cadd9   G
He's fourteen,       he's my older man.
     D
But we'll still be the best of friends,
    C/G                G              Cadd9      G      Cadd9
The three of us, Margaret, John, and I.

[Verse 3]
G             Cadd9           G         Cadd9
  Let's go to New York City, Margaret!
      G                 Cadd9
We'll hide out in the subways
     G
And drink the poets' wine, oh,
    C/G       CMaj7/G   C/G CMaj7/G        G       Cadd9   G
But I had John,             so you went and I stayed behind.
     D                            C/G
But you were home in time for the senior prom,
     G            Cadd9      G      Cadd9
When we lost John.

[Bridge 1]
    Bm                          C/G         CMaj7/G
The fantasies we plan, well I'm living them now.
Bm                                 C/G         CMaj7/G
    All the dreams we sang when we knew how,
             G
Well, they haven't changed.
          D                            C/G
There's never been two friends just like you and me,
      G           Cadd9      G      Cadd9
Mary Margaret.

[Verse 4]
      G                Cadd9          G         Cadd9
It's nice to see your family growing, Margaret.
      G                Cadd9        G
Your daughter and your husband here, they really treat you right
           C/G        CMaj7/G   C/G    CMaj7/G
But we've talked all night
          G            Cadd9   G
And what about the light,
      D                            C/G
That glowed beyond our woods when we were ten?
               G    Cadd9      G
You were the rambler then.

[Bridge 2]
    Bm                          C/G         CMaj7/G
The fantasies we plan, well I'm living them now.
Bm                                 C/G         CMaj7/G
    All the dreams we sang well we damn sure knew how,
          G
Well, I haven't changed.
          D                             C/G
There'll never be two friends just like you and me,
        G         Cadd9      G      Cadd9
Maggie, can't you see?

[Ending]
           G                  Cadd9        G
There's a light beyond your woods, Mary Margaret


Chords Used:

G = 320033
Cadd9 = x32033
C/G = 332010
CMaj7/G = 332000
D = xx0232
Bm = xx44322 or x24432