<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 ^GTake me ^Amout^G ton^Fight ^C ^G where there's ^Ammusic and there's ^Gpeople

who are ^Amyoung and ^Gal^Five^C ^G

^AmDriving ^Gin your ^Amcar ^G I ^Fnever never want to go ^Chome

^Gbecause I haven't ^Amgot one ^G ^Am ^G any^Fmore ^C ^G

^Am ^GTake me ^Amout^G ton^Fight ^C ^G because I ^Amwant to see ^Gpeople and I

^Amwant to see ^Glights ^F ^C ^G

^AmDriving ^Gin your ^Amcar ^G oh ^Fplease don't drop me ^Chome

^Gbecause it's not ^Ammy home, it's ^Gtheir home, and I'm ^Amwelcome no ^Gmore ^F ^C ^G

Chorus: Em F

^GAnd if a ^Cdouble-decker ^Ambus ^Fcrashes into us ^G

to die by ^Cyour side such a ^Fheavenly way to ^Gdie

And if a ^Cten ton tr^Amuck ^Fkills the both of us ^G

to die by ^Cyour side the ^Fpleasure the privilege is ^Gmine

^Am ^GTake me ^Amout^G ton^Fight ^C ^G oh take me ^Amanywhere, I don't ^Gcare ^Am ^G ^F ^C ^G

And in the ^Amdarkened ^Gunder^Ampass I ^Gthought Oh ^FGod, my chance has come at last ^C ^G

(but then a ^Amstrange fear ^Ggripped me and I ^Amjust couldn't ^Gask) ^F ^C ^G

^Am ^GTake me ^Amout^G ton^Fight ^C ^G take me ^Amanywhere, I don't ^Gcare ^Am ^G ^F ^C ^G

Just ^Amdriving ^Gin your ^Amcar ^G I ^Fnever never want to go ^Chome

^Gbecause I haven't ^Amgot one ^G ^Am ^G I haven't ^Fgot one ^C ^G

Chorus

^AmThere is a ^Glight and it ^Amnever goes ^Gout ^FThere is a light and it ^Cnever goes ^Gout

The Smiths - There is a light that never goes out