Daylight     Written by Raymond Douglas Davies



Intro   D   (D is a near constant pedal note. Lower case letters indicate melody

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Daylight over the Village Green early in the morning.

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Daylight over the hills and valleys heralding the morning.

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Daylight over the mountains, daylight on the Village Green,

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Daylight over the field and the factories.

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Another night has gone away and here comes yet another   day.



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  See the early morning risers walking round with bleary eyes.

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  Worn out housewives grit their teeth ignoring new born babies' cries.

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  Look at all the busy people this way, that way, everywhere

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  Biting toast and swallowing tea and breakfast specials on the air.

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Feel that daylight.



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Feel the sunlight on my pillow and it stops my yawning.

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I thank God that I'm still around to see another dawn in.

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Daylight over the valleys, daylight lighting up the trees,

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Daylight over the hillside,

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Smile a smile and sing a song, another night has been and  gone.



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  Middle-aged bankers crack their backs

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  And wish they were young and in their teens,

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  Lonely spinsters dream of dating Roger Moore or Steve McQueen.

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  Health fanatics in their attics training for the Empire Games,

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   School boys dream of Captain Scarlet, battle ships and aeroplanes.

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Feel that daylight,     Daylight.

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 Daylight on the Village Green,

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Daylight, Field and the valleys,  Daylight__(ahhhh)__

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