All songs / David Alan Graham
Where the Light Stays
A♭ major~172 BPM4/44:17Country Heartmedium confidence
Capo 1 — play the shapes in G and it sounds in A♭ major. Much easier than fingering A♭ major straight.
Verse 1
The sky melts down in watercolor blues
Gold on the edges where it used to be noon
You trace the shape of a fading day
Like you're tryin' to make it stay
There's a hush in the air, like the world's exhale
Every little sound starts tellin' a tale
And I'm right there lost in your eyes
Like the tide when it forgets to rise
Pre-Chorus
Time leans slow, barely movin' at all
Like it's waitin' on us before it falls
Chorus
We're where the light stays a little bit longer
Where the night don't come on too strong
Every second's holdin' on like it knows
This is where we belong
No need to chase what we can't define
It's already here in your hand and mine
If there's a place where forever begins
It's right here, right now, in the shape we're in
Where the light stays
Verse 2
Your voice drifts soft through the evening air
Like a song that just appears outta nowhere
And I don't even try to speak
'Cause silence says what I can't reach
There's a rhythm in the way you move
Like the pull of something you don't choose
And every little glance you give
Feels like more than a life could live
Pre-Chorus
No lines, no edges, no reason why
Just us in the middle of time
Chorus
We're where the light stays a little bit longer
Where the night don't come on too strong
Every second's holdin' on like it knows
This is where we belong
No need to chase what we can't define
It's already here in your hand and mine
If there's a place where forever begins
It's right here, right now, in the shape we're in
Where the light stays
Bridge
If this slips away when the morning comes
I'll still feel it in what we've become
Like a trace of heat after fire's gone
Like a memory hummin' on and on
Final Chorus
We're where the light stays a little bit longer
Where the world just lets us be
Every heartbeat's sayin' don't let go
Of this quiet infinity
No need to name it, don't need to try
It's bigger than words, it's you and I
If there's a place where forever begins
It's right here, right now, in the shape we're in
Yeah it's right here, right now, in the shape we're in
Where the light stays
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Intro A♭ E♭ D♭ A♭ D♭
Verse 1
A♭The sky D♭melts down A♭in E♭watercolor blues
D♭Gold on the A♭edges where E♭it used to be noon
D♭You trace the A♭shape of a fading E♭day
Like you're B♭mtryin' to make it D♭stay
There's A♭a hush in the air, E♭like the world's exhale
D♭Every little sound starts tellin' a tale
And A♭I'm right there lost in E♭your eyes
Like D♭the tide when it forgets to rise
Pre-Chorus
Time Fmleans E♭slow, barely D♭movin' at all
Like it's Fmwaitin' on us E♭before it D♭falls
Chorus
We're A♭where the light stays E♭a little bit D♭longer
Where the night don't come on E♭too D♭strong
Every second's holdin' A♭on like D♭it knows
This is where we E♭belong
No need to chase A♭what we can't D♭define
It's already here A♭in your hand D♭and mine
If there's a place Fmwhere forever A♭begins
D♭It's right here, right now, B♭min the A♭shape we're D♭in
Where the light E♭stays
Verse 2
Your voice drifts A♭soft through E♭the evening D♭air
Like a song A♭that just appears E♭outta nowhere
D♭And I don't even try A♭to speak
'Cause E♭silence says what I D♭can't reach
There's a rhythm A♭in the way you move
Like the pull of D♭something you don't choose
And A♭every little glance you E♭give
Feels like A♭more than a D♭life could live
Pre-Chorus
FmNo lines, E♭no edges, no reason A♭why
D♭Just us in E♭the middle A♭of time
Chorus
D♭We're Fmwhere the light A♭stays a little D♭bit longer
Where the night E♭don't come on B♭mtoo strong
D♭Every second's A♭holdin' on like D♭it knows
This is where we A♭belong
No need to A♭chase what we can't E♭define
D♭It's already here Fmin your E♭hand and D♭mine
If there's a Fmplace where forever A♭begins
D♭It's right here, right E♭now, in A♭the shape D♭we're in
Where A♭the light stays
Bridge
If this slips away E♭when the morning comes
D♭I'll still feel it in what we've become
A♭Like a trace of E♭heat after fire's D♭gone
Like a memory hummin' on and E♭on
Final Chorus
We're where the light A♭stays a little bit D♭longer
Where the world A♭just lets D♭us be
Every heartbeat's sayin' A♭don't let go
D♭Of this quiet infinity
No need to name A♭it, don't need to try
D♭It's bigger than words, it's you and I
If there's a place Fmwhere forever D♭begins
It's right here, right now, B♭min the A♭shape we're D♭in
Yeah it's right B♭mhere, D♭right now, in the shape we're A♭in
Where D♭the A♭light stays
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Raw note map (experimental)
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Download note mapA lead sheet, not a full score. The melody line has been reduced automatically from the recording and paired with the detected chords. Expect the shape of the tune to be right and the details to be approximate.
