Strawbs – When The Lights Came On (Guitar)

    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

        Am                G  D - F
And the skies turned grey

                     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

     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

        Am                G  D - F
And the skies turned grey

                     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

        Am                G  D - F
And the skies turned grey

                     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

  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

        Am                G  D - F
And the skies turned grey

                     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

                     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