One of the brightest stars    (video)    (intro)

 

    Em - C - Am - C

 

     Em                                             C

1.         One day your story will be told,

Am                                                C

    one of the lucky ones, who´s made his name.

Em                                                C

    One day they´ll make you glorious,

Am                                              C

    beneath the lights of your deserved fame.

 

           G             Bm      - F                  E                    Am        Am7 

And it all comes round         once in a lifetime, like it always does,

Cm                                                       G             G7    

    everybody loves you cause you´ve taken a chance

  E                                  A            Cm

out on a dance to the moon, too soon.

                            G          Bm - F                     E                          Am   Am7

And they'll say, “Told you so,    we were the ones who saw you first of all,

Cm                                                  G              G7         Am

    we always knew that you were one of the brightest stars.

 

     Em                                                            C

2.         One day they'll tell you that you've changed,

Am                                                             C

    though they're the ones who seem to stop and stare.

Em                                                      C

    One day you'll hope to make the grave,

Am                                              C

    before the papers choose to send you there.

 

+ CHORUS   + C - G     - C - G     - C - G - Bm - D

 

                                 G         Bm

    And they'll say, “Told you so,   

F                       E                            Am    Am7

    we were the ones who saw you first of all,

Cm                                                  G              G7         Cm     - G

    we always knew that you were one of the brightest stars.

 

    (James Blunt)