{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1503283,"song":"When The Lights Came On","artist":"Strawbs","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11276658-when-the-lights-came-on-chords-by-strawbs/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1503283?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Strawbs - When The Lights Came On\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nINTRO: [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n \r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe party wasn't over, when my friends started leaving[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nStill a lot of things I had to say[/tab]\r\n[tab]N.C. [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf I walked back in that room, would it be the way I left it?[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLost my nerve and turned away[/tab]\r\n \r\nAnd the rains came\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] - [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the skies turned grey[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen the lights came on[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI could see the picture[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt burnt my eyes and it bruised my mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGave me hope to face the future[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch] - [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI was not alone when the lights came on[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\nINTERLUDE: [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n \r\n \r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey crucified the ox and put his carcass to the fire[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]   - [ch]G[/ch] - [ch]D[/ch]\r\nStood around proclaiming they were free[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]       \r\nStripped away his flesh, while giving thanks for all his labours[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch] - [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNo-one saw the joke, but him and me[/tab]\r\n \r\nThen the rains came\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] - [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the skies turned grey[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen the lights came on[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI could see the picture[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt burnt my eyes and it bruised my mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGave me hope to face the future[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch] - [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nI was not alone when the lights came on[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\nINTERLUDE: [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  (Horns)  [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n \r\nThen the rains came\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] - [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the skies turned grey[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen the lights came on[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI could see the picture[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt burnt my eyes and it bruised my mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGave me hope to face the future[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch] - [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nI was not alone when the lights came on[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\nINTERLUDE: [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n \r\n \r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]    \r\nA wise man built his house upon a rock beside a river[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]     - [ch]G[/ch] - [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCared not for the storms that lashed around[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]       \r\nThe foolish man was tempted, dipped his soul into the water[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]    \r\nHis body, though at peace, has not been found[/tab]\r\n \r\nBut the rains came\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] - [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the skies turned grey[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen the lights came on[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI could see the picture[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt burnt my eyes and it bruised my mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGave me hope to face the future[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was not alone when the lights came on[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen the lights came on[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI could see into the future[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt burnt my eyes and it bruised my mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI saw the truth that I had been concealing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch] - [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe were face to face when the lights came on[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\nOUTRO: [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]Cmaj9/G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]Cmaj9/G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]","plain_text":"Strawbs - When The Lights Came On\n \n \n \nINTRO: Am C G Am C G C D   Am C G Am C G C D Am\n \n\n\n\n\n \nAnd the rains came\n\n \n \nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \nINTERLUDE: C G D Am  C G D Am\n \n \n\n\n\n\n \nThen the rains came\n\n \n \nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \nINTERLUDE: C G D Am  C G D Am\n  (Horns)  Dm  G Am C G  D  C G Am C G  D\n \nThen the rains came\n\n \n \nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \nINTERLUDE: C G D Am  C G D Am\n \n \n\n\n\n\n \nBut the rains came\n\n \n \nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \nOUTRO: C/G Cmaj9/G G D   C/G Cmaj9/G G D Am","chords":["Am","C","G","D","F","Em","Dm","A","C/G","Cmaj9/G"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}