The Light of the World
Elton John / Tim Rice
Outtake from The Lion King OST (2019)

D - G - F - C/E - D (x2)

			         G/D          D
With the day rushing by and the night closing in,
    Bm			    Em
We need to be sure when betrayals begin
          Bm			   G          D/F#
That the light of the world isn’t lost in the fall
       A			 C/G          G
Isn’t part of the crime, out of love, out of time
         F  Em      D
But the Saviour of all.

D - G - F - C/E - D

				    G/D          D
When the roar of the lion, when the word of the king
      Bm		         Em
Fade away in the night with the hope that they bring
    Bm			 G          D/F#
My mother is slain , my father long gone
           A		       C/G           G
And when looking ahead to the quick and the dead
      F   Em   D
You just carry on.

          G			      A7
When you live for the truth, you see nothing but lies
          Bm                  Bm/A
And your motherless son only fools could devise 
         G			     A7
And the light of the world, here on earth or divine, 
        Bm			E7
May not be what it was, but it matters because 
       F  G       D
It continues to shine.

D - G - F - C/E - D (x2)

				G/D              D
We all do what we want, we are blessed with a choice
       Bm                       Em
Maybe spoke out of turn, but we all had a voice
        Bm                           G        D/F#
So the light of the world may seem presently wrong
     A			      C/G          G
Generations from now, they’ll all tell you how
         F    Em    D
We were right all along.

repeat chorus

        Bm			E7
May not be what it was, but it matters because 
       F  G       D
It continues to shine.
D - G         F  G       D
       It continues to shine
D - G         F  G       D
       It continues to shine