Electric Light Orchestra - The lights go down
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Tuning: E A D G B E
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The Lights Go Down – Electric Light Orchestra
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Written by: Jeff Lynne
From: “Time” (1981)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
C/E 0-3-2-0-1-0
G/B x-2-0-0-0-3
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[Intro]
| C C/E | F G |
| C C/E | F G |
[Verse]
COne day C/E
F I Ggotta get Cout of C/Ehere
F I Ggotta make Ceverything C/Eclear,
F G | C C/E | F G |
I gotta see you Oh, oh, oh, oh
[Verse]
CI know, C/E
F The Gway that I Cfeel is C/Ewrong, so Fwrong.
G Am G [ F ]
But I gotta carry on,
F G | C C/E | F G |
When you ain't around.
[Bridge]
I beClievC/Ee things are Amgoing wrong,
Dm | G G/B |
And the nights go on and on,
All your CdreamC/Es have Amflown away,
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ]
Dm | G F F F
And the sun won't shine today.
[Chorus]
C The C/Elights go Fdown (I want you Gbaby)
C The C/Elights go Fdown (I need you Gbaby)
C The C/Elights go Amdown
And there's no one aBbrou-ou-ou-ou-Gound.
[Interlude]
| C C/E | F G |
[Verse]
CI knoC/E-o-o-o-o-ow,
F You're Gwaiting so Cclose to C/Eme,
F But Ghow will you Cever C/Esee,
F G | C C/E | F G |
As time rolls away - Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
[Verse]
CLonely, C/E
F But Gtrying to Cbe so C/Eproud,
F G Am G [ F ]
And just as I turn around,
F G | C C/E | F G |
The lights go down.
[Bridge]
I beClievC/Ee things are Amgoing wrong,
Dm | G G/B |
And the night goes on and on,
All your CdreamC/Es have Amflown away,
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ]
Dm | G F F F
And the sun won't shine today.
[Chorus]
C The C/Elights go Fdown (I want you Gbaby)
C The C/Elights go Fdown (I need you Gbaby)
C The C/Elights go Amdown
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ]
And there's no one aBbrou-ou-ou-ou-Gound. F F F
[Chorus]
C The C/Elights go Fdown (I want you Gbaby)
C The C/Elights go Fdown (I need you Gbaby)
C The C/Elights go Amdown
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ]
And there's no one aBbrou-ou-ou-ou-Gound. F F F
(repeat and fade)