| D | G/D | A/D | D | |
| Daylight over the Village Green | early in the | morn | ing. |
| D | G/D | A/D | D | |
| Daylight over the hills and valleys | heralding the | morn | ing. |
| D | A/D | D | D | A/D | D | |
| Daylight | over the | mountains, | daylight on | the Village | Green, |
| D | A/D | D | |
| Daylight over the | field and the | factories. |
| G/D | D | G/D | D | G/D | D | G/D | A/D | D | |
| Another | night has | gone a | way and | here comes | yet | anot | her | day. |
| G D D e e f# f# G G A A b b c D D |
| See the early morning risers walking round with bleary eyes. |
| G e b f# f# |
| Worn out housewives grit their teeth ignoring new born babies' cries. |
| b f# f# g# g# a#a# b b c# c# d# d# e f# f# |
| Look at all the busy people this way, that way, everywhere |
| b f# f# g# g# a# a# b b c# c# d# d# e f# f# |
| Biting toast and swallowing tea and breakfast specials on the air. |
| e b D A A7 build |
| Feel that daylight. |
| D | G/D | A/D | D | |
| Feel the sunlight on my pillow | and it stops my | yawn | ing. |
| D | G/D | A/D | D | |
| I thank God that I'm still around to | see another | dawn | in. |
| D | A/D | D | D | A/D | D | |
| Dayligh | t over the | valleys, | daylight l | ighting up the | trees, |
| D | A/D | D | |
| Daylight | over the | hillside, |
| G/D | D | G/D | D | G/D | D | G/D | A/D | D | |
| Smile a | smile and | sing a | song, a | nother n | ight has | been | and g | one. |
| G D D D e e f# f# G |
| Middle-aged bankers crack their backs |
| G A A b b c D D |
| And wish they were young and in their teens, |
| G | b | |
| Lonely spinsters dream of dating Roger Moore or | Steve McQueen. |
| b f# f# g# g# a# a# b b c# c# d# d# e f# f# |
| Health fanatics in their attics training for the Empire Games, |
| b f# f# g# g# a# a# b b c# c# d# d# e f#f# |
| School boys dream of Captain Scarlet, battle ships and aeroplanes. |
| e b D A A7 D |
| Feel that daylight, Daylight. |
| D | A/D | D | |
| Daylight | on the Village | Green, |
| D | A/D | D | G | D | |
| Daylight, | Field and the | valleys, | Daylight__(ahhhh) | __ |
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| From Preservation Act I |