IT'S NOT THE SPOTLIGHT
As recorded by Rod Stewart
(From the 1975 Album ATLANTIC CROSSING)
[Intro]
G A
[Verse 1]
D Bm Em
If I ever feel the light again shining down on me
A G D
I don't have to tell ya, what a welcome it will be
Bm Em
I felt the light before but I let it slip away
A G D
But I still keep on believing that it'll come back someday
[Chorus]
G D
It's not the spotlight, it's not the camera light
G A D
It's not the street lights of some old street of dreams
G D
It ain't the moonlight, not even the sunlight
G F#m Em G A D N.C.
But I've seen it shining in your eyes and you know what I mean
[Verse 2]
D Bm Em
Sometimes I try to tell myself the light was never real
A G D
Just a fantasy that used to be, the way I used to feel
Bm Em
But you and I know better, even though it's been so long
A G D
If your memory really serves you well, you'll never tell me no wrong
[Chorus]
G D
It's not the spotlight, it's not the camera light
G A D
It's not the streetlights of some old street of dreams
G D
It ain't the moonlight, not even the sunlight
G F#m Em G A D N.C.
But I've seen it shining in your eyes, you know what I mean
[Mandolin Solo]
D Bm Em A G D
C Bm A N.C.
[Verse 3]
D Bm Em
So if I ever feel the light again shinin' down on me
A G D
I don't have to tell ya what a welcome it would be
Bm Em
I felt the light before but I let it slip away
A G D
But I still keep on believing that it'll come back someday
[Chorus]
G D
It's not the spotlight, it's not the camera light
G A D
It's not the streetlights of some old street of dreams
G D
It ain't the moonlight, not even the sunlight
G F#m Em N.C.
But I've seen it shining in your eyes and you know what I mean
G D
It's not the spotlight, it's ain't the camera light
G A D
It's not the streetlights of some old street of dreams
G D
No, it ain't the moonlight, never the sunlight
G F#m Em N.C. G A D
But I've seen it shining in your eyes, you know what I mean
[Outro]
D G D
