Biography:
The Alarm is an alternative rock band which formed in 1978 in Rhyl, Wales. For most of their career the band consisted of Mike Peters (vocals, guitar), Dave Sharp (guitar), Eddie Macdonald (bass) and Nigel Twist (drums). The band split in 1991, but reunited in 2001.
The band began in 1978 in the North-Wales town of Rhyl, under the name of 'Seventeen'. Its 4 members were Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie Macdonald and Nigel Twist. They knocked around
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- A New South Wales
- Absolute Reality
- Across The Border
- All Seeing
- Blaze Of Glory
- Cenotaph
- Change Ii
- Coming Backwards
- Deeside
- Direct Action
- Heroine
- How The Mighty Fall
- Lie Of The Land
- Marching On
- My Land Your Land
- No Greater Love
- One Guitar
- One Step Closer To Home
- Permanence In Change
- Presence Of Love
- Raindown
- Raw
- Right Back Where I Started From
- Rock And Roll
- Rose Beyond The Wall
- Save Your Crying
- Shelter
- Spirit Of 76
- Strength
- The Deciever
- The Drunk And The Disorderly
- The Stand
- There Must Be A Way
- Tomorrow
- Up For Murder
- Walk Forever By My Side
- We Are The Light
- Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke
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We Are The Light - The Alarm
by Eddie Macdonald and Mike Peters
as heard on the album "DECLARATION"
http://www.thealarm.com
tuning: half step down
Intro:
D /// Dsus4 /// D /// / G/A G/B
D G
People
C G/B G
Light up your light to- night
D Dsus4 D
I wanna see you shine
D G
Fight despair
C G/B G
Don't let it get you down
D Dsus4 D
Don't let it tie you down
Am7 D
There's a man with a wife and three children
Am7 D
Who's been told he can work
Am7 D
There's a boy who's been told there's no future
Am7 F
He's been fed by the blind
G F
And I can hear them crying
G F
As they try to sleep through the night
G D
I can hear them cry
G D
- hear them cry
G D G D
G D
WE ARE THE LIGHT
G C
WE ARE THE LIGHT
F G D
WE ARE THE LIGHT OF OUR LIVES
D G
Hold on
C G/B G
To what you believe is right
D Dsus4 D
Don't let anyone turn your eyes
D G
Look ahead
C G/B G
Don't stop to look be- hind
D Dsus4 D
The past ain't no friend of mine
Am7 D
There's a failure who is standing on the corner
Am7 D
For he cannot see hope
Am7 D
There's a blind man who is standing at the crossroads
Am7 F
For he cannot see light
G F
And as we fire the candles
G F
We must make sure they burn through the night
G D
For if they should die
G D
There be no light
G D
WE ARE THE LIGHT
G C
WE ARE THE LIGHT
F G D
WE ARE THE LIGHT OF OUR LIVES
G C
WE ARE THE LIGHT
F G D
WE ARE THE LIGHT OF OUR LIVES
G C
SHINE YOUR LIGHT
F G D
SHINE YOUR LIGHT SHINE YOUR LIGHT SHINE
G C
WE ARE THE LIGHT
F G D
SHINE ON, SHINE ON SHINE
G C
WE ARE THE LIGHT
Chords:
D xx0232
Dsus4 xx0233
G 320003
C x32013
G/A x00003
G/B x20003
Am7 x02010
F x03211
by Eddie Macdonald and Mike Peters
as heard on the album "DECLARATION"
http://www.thealarm.com
tuning: half step down
Intro:
D /// Dsus4 /// D /// / G/A G/B
D G
People
C G/B G
Light up your light to- night
D Dsus4 D
I wanna see you shine
D G
Fight despair
C G/B G
Don't let it get you down
D Dsus4 D
Don't let it tie you down
Am7 D
There's a man with a wife and three children
Am7 D
Who's been told he can work
Am7 D
There's a boy who's been told there's no future
Am7 F
He's been fed by the blind
G F
And I can hear them crying
G F
As they try to sleep through the night
G D
I can hear them cry
G D
- hear them cry
G D G D
G D
WE ARE THE LIGHT
G C
WE ARE THE LIGHT
F G D
WE ARE THE LIGHT OF OUR LIVES
D G
Hold on
C G/B G
To what you believe is right
D Dsus4 D
Don't let anyone turn your eyes
D G
Look ahead
C G/B G
Don't stop to look be- hind
D Dsus4 D
The past ain't no friend of mine
Am7 D
There's a failure who is standing on the corner
Am7 D
For he cannot see hope
Am7 D
There's a blind man who is standing at the crossroads
Am7 F
For he cannot see light
G F
And as we fire the candles
G F
We must make sure they burn through the night
G D
For if they should die
G D
There be no light
G D
WE ARE THE LIGHT
G C
WE ARE THE LIGHT
F G D
WE ARE THE LIGHT OF OUR LIVES
G C
WE ARE THE LIGHT
F G D
WE ARE THE LIGHT OF OUR LIVES
G C
SHINE YOUR LIGHT
F G D
SHINE YOUR LIGHT SHINE YOUR LIGHT SHINE
G C
WE ARE THE LIGHT
F G D
SHINE ON, SHINE ON SHINE
G C
WE ARE THE LIGHT
Chords:
D xx0232
Dsus4 xx0233
G 320003
C x32013
G/A x00003
G/B x20003
Am7 x02010
F x03211
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