Strawbs

When The Lights Came On

Strawbs

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by  SABRJOAO

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When The Lights Came On

	  		
  
  
  
Intro: Am C G Am C G C D   Am C G Am C G C D Am 
  
    D            C             G               Am      C 
The party wasn't over, when my friends started leaving 
               G               D 
Still a lot of things I had to say 
N.C. D                   C              G            Am       C 
If I walked back in that room, would it be the way I left it? 
        G                 D 
Lost my nerve and turned away 
  
And the rains came 
        Am                G  D - F 
And the skies turned grey 
  
  
Chorus: 
                     Am 
When the lights came on 
                G 
I could see the picture 
            Am                     Em 
It burnt my eyes and it bruised my mind 
        F                C 
Gave me hope to face the future 
           G                         Am - G - Am 
I was not alone when the lights came on 
  
  
INTERLUDE: C G D Am  C G D Am 
  
  
     D             C              G              Am    C 
They crucified the ox and put his carcass to the fire 
                G                  D   - G - D 
Stood around proclaiming they were free 
                  C                   G                  Am        
Stripped away his flesh, while giving thanks for all his labours 
C              G                 D - G - D 
No-one saw the joke, but him and me 
  
Then the rains came 
        Am                G  D - F 
And the skies turned grey 
  
  
Chorus: 
                     Am 
When the lights came on 
                G 
I could see the picture 
            Am                     Em 
It burnt my eyes and it bruised my mind 
        F                C 
Gave me hope to face the future 
           G                         Am - G - Am  
I was not alone when the lights came on 
  
  
INTERLUDE: C G D Am  C G D Am 
  (Horns)  Dm  G Am C G  D  C G Am C G  D 
  
Then the rains came 
        Am                G  D - F 
And the skies turned grey 
  
  
Chorus: 
                     Am 
When the lights came on 
                G 
I could see the picture 
            Am                     Em 
It burnt my eyes and it bruised my mind 
        F                C 
Gave me hope to face the future 
           G                         Am - G - Am  
I was not alone when the lights came on 
  
  
INTERLUDE: C G D Am  C G D Am 
  
  
  D                  C            G             Am     
A wise man built his house upon a rock beside a river 
C                 G                  D     - G - D 
Cared not for the storms that lashed around 
                    C                   G             Am        
The foolish man was tempted, dipped his soul into the water 
    C               G                   D     
His body, though at peace, has not been found 
  
But the rains came 
        Am                G  D - F 
And the skies turned grey 
  
  
Chorus: 
                     Am 
When the lights came on 
                G 
I could see the picture 
            Am                     Em 
It burnt my eyes and it bruised my mind 
        F                C 
Gave me hope to face the future 
           G                         Am - G 
I was not alone when the lights came on 
  
  
Chorus: 
                     Am 
When the lights came on 
                     G 
I could see into the future 
            Am          Em 
It burnt my eyes and it bruised my mind 
          F                        C 
I saw the truth that I had been concealing 
                G                         Am - G - Am 
We were face to face when the lights came on 
  
  
OUTRO: C/G Cmaj9/G G D   C/G Cmaj9/G G D Am 
		  
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