Intro riff
BABEAE
e|------------------9------------------|
B|----7-7\5-5--4---/9-9^7-7--5-5^7-3^4-|
G|----8-8\6-6--4---/9-9---9-6--6---4---|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|--7----------------------------------|
BABAEb
e|------------------------0-----------|
B|--7-7\5-5--4------------0-----------|
G|--8-8\6-6--4--------6\--1-----------|
D|-----------------7------2-----------|
A|---------------0--------2-----------|
E|------------------------0-----------|
Verse/chorus riff
BABEAE
e|------------------------------|
B|--0-0-0-0--4----9-9\7-7--5----|
G|--8-8\6-6--4----9-9\x-x--6----|
D|--9-9\7-7--x----9-9\7-7--7----|
A|--x-x\x-x--6------------------|
E|--7-7-5-5---------------------|
BABAEb
e|------------------------0-----------|
B|--4-4\2-2--4------------0-----------|
G|--4-4\2-2--4--------6\--1-^2^1^2^1--|
D|--4-4-2-2--x-----7------2-----------|
A|--x-x-x-x--6---0--------2-----------|
E|------------------------0-----------|
Intro
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Post intro
B A E x2
Yeah
Verse 1
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BAB/Eb
When you're feeling like an astronaut
EAE
Stuck on a planet even time forgot, and
B/F#A/EB/EbAE
You're a version of yourself, but you're not the same
BAB/Eb
You try to keep the wound camouflaged, and
EAB/Eb
The stitches heal, but the years are lost, and
BAB/EbAE
Another bottle on the shelf can't numb the pain
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Refrain
C#m
Why're you running from yourself now?
F#7
You can't run away
Chorus
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BAB/Eb
Cause your scars
EAE
shine like dark stars
B/F#A/EB/Eb
Yeah, your wounds are
AE
where the light shines through
BAB/Eb
So let's go there,
EAE
to that place where
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B11E
We sing these broken prayers where the light shines through--
BE
The wound is where the light shines through
BE
Yeah, the wound is where the light shines through
Verse 2
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BAB/Eb
Ain't we all just Abraham's son?
EAE
Saint and sinner with the song and drum, and
B/F#A/EB/EbAE
We're falling on our knees, we all bleed the same
B (chug)
And the only tattoos that I have are scars
EAB/Eb
I got your name written on my heart
BAB/EbAE
And the story that brought us here ain't the thing that changed, no
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Refrain
C#m
I wanna see that light shining
F#7
Brighter than the pain
Bridge
BCCDA
Mama, ain't the blood just proof I'm human?
CGC#
Mama, ain't the wound just retribution?
DF#
Well Mama, ain't the scar like a vision of grace?
B A E x2
BE
The wound is where the light shines through
B
The wound is where the light finds you
E
The wound is where the light shines through
B
The wound is where the light finds you
B/EbE
Your scars shine like dark stars
B11E
Yeah, the wound is where the light shines through
B
It's where the light shines through
AEB
Yeah, yeah, it's where the light shines through
AEB
Yeah, the only tattoo I have
AEB
Oh, oh, oh, oh, it's where the light shines through
AEBE
Where the light shines, where the the light shines through
BE
Where the light shines through
It's where the light shines through