They Might Be Giants – When The Lights Come On (Guitar)

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[Verse]
Bm                      G
I'll make a reckless prediction

                     A
I'll still be in the kitchen

                     D D/C#
When the lights come on

Bm                        G
I think we'll probably be good

                           A
If stuff is still where it stood

                     D
When the lights come on

Bm                     G
We won't remember each other

                     A
But we'll probably recover

                  D D/C#
Unless everyone's gone

Bm                      G
It might be too soon to say this

                    A
But I think that we may just

                    D
See the lights come on
[Chorus]
A
See I've been picturing

D  G        D      A
Diagrams of master plans

  Bm                           Em
I taught myself to draw in the dust

     C      G        A       Bm
With what remains of my left hand
[Verse]
Bm                  G
And from what I can tell

                       A
I'll be no more than a shell

            D D/C#
Or an automaton

Bm                        G
But we'll be laughing and shit

                        A
It will have been worth it

                     D
When the lights come on
[Bridge]
G                 Em
Unless we chicken out again

C                A                  Bm
Which is exactly how we ended up in here

              G
Our guard was down, we were disarmed

Em                     F#
They tampered with the smoke alarm
[Verse]
Bm                      G
There won't be any more trouble

                           A
You'll be dragged from the rubble

                     D D/C#
When the lights come on

Bm                     G
And I'll be looking so great

                      A
I will have lost some weight

                     D
When the lights come on

Bm                 G
We will be growing mustaches

                           A
Once we're raised from the ashes

                     D D/C#
When the lights come on

Bm                  G
We'll be encased in gold

               A
Desiccated and old

                    D
When the lights come on
[Chorus]
A
See I've been picturing

D  G        D      A
Diagrams of master plans

  Bm                           Em
I taught myself to draw in the dust

     C      G        A       F#
With what remains of my left hand
[Bridge]
F#                  Bm
And from what I can tell

                        G
Groping around, there's something else

Em               A
I feel a face, I feel a pulse

Bm          G
I think I'm tripping

A                         D  D/C#
Something's got me by the hair

Bm                  G
Let's table this discussion

            A                     D  D/C#
Until my concussion on the bottom stair

G                 Em
Unless I pass out once again

C                             A              Bm
And find the bandage where my kidney used to be

             G
Knocked over lamp, some broken plates

Em                    F#
Prescription pads for opiates
[Outro] Bm G A D D/C# Bm G A D