Strawbs - 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