G                C                        D
 A spark soaring down through the pouring rain
              Em          G
and restoring life to the lighthouse
G              C           
 A slow motion wave on the ocean
D                Em        C
Stirs my emotion up like a rain cloud

G            Em        D    
When did the sky turn black?
    D             Em          C 
And when will the light come back?

G             C                  D
 A cab driver turned to skydiver then
             Em      G
To survivor dying to breakdown
G                 C
 A blood brother, surrogate mother
D                   Em           C
Hugging each other, crying their eyes out

G            Em        D    
When did the sky turn black?
    D             Em          C 
And when will the light come back?
G             C                  D              
 I'm ecstatic like a drug addict locked in the attic
Em             C
Strung out and spellbound

Em                        
 I fought all through the night
Am             D 
 Oh, oh, but I made it alive
Em                     
 The sun's starting to rise
Am                 D
 Oh, oh, these are beautiful times
Am                C          Em       D        Am
 This fight of my life is so hard, so hard, so hard
          C
 But I'm gonna survive
Em                 D
 Oh, oh, these are beautiful times

[violin solo]

G              C
 A bad feeling burns through the ceiling
D                  Em           G
leaving my healing heart with a new scar
G            C
 A dead fire rose and rose higher
D              Em          C
like a vampire up from the graveyard

G            Em        D    
When did the sky turn black?
    D             Em          C 
And when will the light come back?
G              C
 We all suffer but we recover
D                Em            G
Just to discover life where we all are

Em                        
 I fought all through the night
Am             D 
 Oh, oh, but I made it alive
Em                     
 The sun's starting to rise
Am                 D
 Oh, oh, these are beautiful times
Am                C          Em       D        Am
 This fight of my life is so hard, so hard, so hard
          C
 But I'm gonna survive
Em                 D
 Oh, oh, these are beautiful times

Am                C          Em       D        Am
 This fight of my life is so hard, so hard, so hard
          C
 But I'm gonna survive
Em                 D
 Oh, oh, these are beautiful times

G                   C                    D
 My heart's burning bad and it's turning black
                 Em        G
but I'm learning how to be stronger
G               C                  D
 And sincerely, I love you dearly, oh 
                Em          G
But I'm clearly destined to wander