BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN – Colbie Caillat

 

A  D  x4

                               A                                                  D

Stopped me on the corner, I swear you hit me like a vision

                      A

I-I-I wasn't expecting

                      E         /                                                     A

- But who am I to tell fate - where it’s supposed to go with it?

                                           D

Don't you blink you might miss it

        /                               A

See we got a right to just love it or leave it, you find it and keep it

           E

'Cause it ain't every day you get the chance to say

A                          D                                     A

Oh, this is how it starts, lighting strikes the heart

                           E

It goes off like a gun, brighter than the sun

A                              D                                 F#m

Oh, we could be the stars, falling from the sky

                           E      (mute)

Shining how we want, brighter than the sun

A  D  x2

                A                                                     D

I've never seen it, I found this love, I wanna feed it

                                                A                                                   E

You better believe, I'm gonna treat it better than an-y-thing I've ever had

                       /

'Cause you're so damn beautiful

A                                                           D

Read it, it's signed and delivered, let's seal it (no pause)

          /                              A

Boy, we go together like peanuts and paydays, Marley and reggae

        E

And everybody needs to get a chance to say

A                         D                                      A

Oh, this is how it starts, lighting strikes the heart

                           E

It goes off like a gun, brighter than the sun

A                              D                                 F#m

Oh, we could be the stars, falling from the sky

                           E       (mute)

Shining how we want, brighter than the sun

 

A  D  x2

F#m                                           D                                                           A

     Everything is like a whiteout, 'cause we shicka-shicka-shine down

                                                        E       /                      /

Even when-the-when-the light's out, but I can see you glow

F#m                                             D                                     Bm

     Got my head up in the rafters, got me happy ever after

                                          )         D               (mute)

Never felt this way before, ain't felt this way before

        /               /                     /

 -  I swear you hit me like a vision, I-I-I wasn’t expecting

                               /

- But who am I to tell fate -  where it's supposed to go?

A                         D                                      A

Oh, this is how it starts, lighting strikes the heart

                          E

It goes off like a gun, brighter than the sun

A                              D                                 F#m

Oh, we could be the stars, falling from the sky

                          E        (mute)

Shining how we want, brighter than the sun

A                         D                                      A

Oh, this is how it starts, lighting strikes the heart

                          E

It goes off like a gun, brighter than the sun

A                              D                                F#m

Oh, we could be the stars, falling from the sky

                          E        (mute)

Shining how we want, brighter than the sun

A                              D  A                               D   A                              D

Brighter than the sun,    brighter than the sun,     brighter than the sun

    A          D         A         E  (like a verse)

A                         D                                       A

Oh, this is how it starts, lighting strikes the heart

                        E

Goes off like a gun, brighter than the sun

 

A (start fading)    D                                     A

Oh, this is how it starts, lighting strikes the heart

                           E     (mute)

It goes off like a gun, brighter than the sun.