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A
There's a certain point
D
The body can't come back from
A
In one year, we've learned
D
The turn of the mouth
D
The depth that the chest cavity takes
A
Chuck was there for three out of three
D
I was there for the third 'cause I couldn't be
E
There for the one who was closest to me
D
But I can't say I'd run when things get hard
E
It's just that I don't trust myself with my heart
D
But I've had to let it break a little more
F#m/E
'Cause they say that's what it's for
D E
That's how the light shines in
F#m
That's how the light shines in
D E D
That's how the light gets in
( A G )
D E
So everyone was there, they were standing and laughing
A G#m F#m E
And I'm on the side with my tears streaming down
D E
There's something about the clutch of the wrist
A G#m F#m E
He thought mine was his to carve into his mouth
D
We've only got hours
D E
And I just can't stop crying 'cause all of the ways
A G#m
When you see someone dying
F#m E D
You see all your days flash in front of you
A G#m F#m E
And you think about who would be with you
D E
And then there's Donoghue
( A G#m F#m E D E )
A
Daddy, I miss them
D
I'm in the mountains
C#m
I'm probably running away from the feelings I get
E F#m
When I think of all the things about them
F#m
Daddy, I miss them
D
I'm at the Roadrunner Café
C#m
I'm probably running away from the thoughts in the day
E
I had things to do with them, but they say
D E
That's how the light gets in
D
That's how the light gets in
F#m E
That's how the light gets in
D E
Think by the 3rd of March, I was cracked open
A G#m E
Finally the ground was cold, they wouldn't open
D E A G#m
Brought by the sunlight of the spirit to pour into rain
F#m E D E
There's a name for it in Japanese, it's kintsugi
A G#m F#m
They sang folk songs from the 40s
E D E
Even the fourteen-year old knew Froggie Came A-Courtin'
A G#m F#m E
How do my blood relatives know all of these songs?
D E A G#m
I don't know anyone left to know songs that I sing
( F#m E )
D E
That's how the light gets in
G D
That's how the light gets in
( D E )
A
But, daddy, I miss them
D
I'm at the Roadrunner Café
C#m
Probably running away from the feelings today
E F#m
In the snow-capped mountains of the desert
F#m
Daddy, I miss them
D
I'm in the mountains
C#m
Probably running away, I've been meaning to say
E F#m
That there's nothing to do except know that this is
F#m
How the light gets in
E D
Like cracking, the light gets in
F#m
It's how the light gets in
D
That's how the light gets in
D
That's how the light gets in
F#m E D E F#m E D
Then you're golden, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah, oh
D E
Just another folk song, but anyway
A G#m F#m E
I try so hard, but that's okay
D E
It's how the light gets in
G F#m
It's how the light gets in
F#m E G F#m
It's how the light gets in
Written by Jack Antonoff / Lana Del Rey