The Triffids - Trick Of The Light

      Trick of the light The Triffids (1988)

[Intro]

E  E  A  B x 2

          E
I have a letter, familiar paper.
             A             B
I keep a figurine in a locket
        E
It's dedicated, engraved initials.
             A             B
Yellow photograph in a pocketbook

[Chorus]
          A                     B
Well the rim of her mouth was golden,
         E                   A        A
But her eyes were just desert sands.
                     E B A
But that's not her.
                      E B A
That's just the light.
                E
It's only an image of her it's.
B                        E
Just a trick of the light.

             E
She sent me letters, gave me directions
              A                    B
Name of the street where I should turn.
           E
Then she stood out front wrapped in her bath towel
      A                       B
Yeah once you leave boy you can't return

[Chorus]
     A                      B
The rim of her mouth was golden,
          E              A       A
Her eyes were just desert sands.
                     E B A
But that's not her.
                      E B A
That's just the light.
               E
It's only an image of her. it's
B                        E
Just a trick of the light.


[Instrumental Break]

E / E / A / B x 2

         G#m7                     E
See I was beating on her like an anvil.
A                        B
Beating her out of original shape.
     G#m7                   E
With that same old panic, caught on her face
   A                        B
I copied the image of the ancient embrace.

oh oh oh oh

E
Now you remind me very much
A/E                  B/E
   Of someone that I use to know
E
We use to take turns in crying all night
A/E               B/E
Oh but that was so long ago


[Chorus]
        A                     B
Now the rim of her mouth was golden,
         E                   A         A
But her eyes were just desert sands.
                     E B A
But that's not her.
                     E B A
That's just the light.
               E
It's only an image of her it's.
B                        E
Just a trick of the light.

No No No No No

                E B A
That's not her.
                      E B A
That's just the light.
               E
It's only an image of her it's.
B                        E
Just a trick of the light.