#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## <9212102230.AA18812@soda.berkeley.edu> Subject: The Smiths: There is a Light that Never Goes Out To: jamesb@nevada.edu Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1992 14:30:56 -0800 (PST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL5] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 2983 There Is A Light That Never Goes Out by The Smiths Transcribed by John S. Jacob (jsjacob@soda.berkeley.edu) The lyrics are right out of the insert to "The Smiths I Best..." Yes, the chords sound picked, but I prefer to pound out (strum) the chords and sing along. I mean, aren't these lyrics so uplifting?! ;-) As for rhythm, I always say go find a recording -- it's much easier than trying to get it from a transcription (or to put it into one, for that matter...) ##Capo up to the fourth fret (This song is really in the key of E). Intro: Am F G Am G Am G F C G Take me out tonight Am G where there's music and there's people Am G F C G who are young and alive Am G Am G Driving in your car F C I never never want to go home G Am G Am G because I haven't got one F C G anymore Am G Am G F C G Take me out tonight Am G because I want to see people and I Am G F C G want to see lights Am G Am G Driving in your car F C oh please don't drop me home G Am G because it's not my home, it's their Am G F C G home, and I'm welcome no more Chorus: Em F G C Am And if a double-decker bus F G crashes into us C to die by your side F G such a heavenly way to die C Am And if a ten ton truck F G kills the both of us C to die by your side F G the pleasure the privilege is mine Am G Am G F C G Take me out tonight Am G Am G F C G oh take me anywhere, I don't care Am G Am And in the darkened underpass G F C G I thought Oh God, my chance has come at last Am G (but then a strange fear gripped me and I Am G F C G just couldn't ask) Am G Am G F C G Take me out tonight Am G Am G F C G take me anywhere, I don't care Am G Am G Just driving in your car F C I never never want to go home G Am G Am G because I haven't got one F C G I haven't got one Chorus Am G Am G There is a light and it never goes out F C G There is a light and it never goes out -- [======== John S. Jacob ========] | jsjacob@soda.berkeley.edu |---- Address --------+ | jsjacob@ucbocf.bitnet | Foothill 7B45B | +-------------------------------+ 2700 Hearst Ave | | Berkeley CA 94709 | +-----------------------+
