{"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":79972,"song":"Leave The Lights On","artist":"John Prine","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/79972-leave-the-lights-on-chords-by-john-prine/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/79972?type=chord","rating":4.45347,"votes":4,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]E7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\nFeeling kind of boney on the telephoney[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\nTalking to Marconi eating Rice-A-Roni[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nNominated for Tony for acting like a phony[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWatching Twilight Zoney on my forty-two inch Sony[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThis is just a long song it ain't no poem[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\nLeave the lights on till your baby gets home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nIt's like sitting in the kitchen when the music's really bitchin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nYour nose it starts to itchin' as you count your old age pension[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nDid I forget to mention the ride that I was hitchin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nTo the aluminum convention I had such good intentions[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nKeep you cotton pickin' fingers off my song poem[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd leave the lights on till your baby gets home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\nLeave the lights on till your baby gets home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\nLeave the lights on till your baby gets home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\r\nDon't forget your toothbrush your hairbrush and your comb[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\nLeave the lights on till you baby gets home[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nGot a big ol' dog a chrome crowbar[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI keep that mother humper in the back seat of my car[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n[ch]A7[/ch]        [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n[ch]B7[/ch]   [ch]A7[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\nMe and Billy Shakespeare stepped out to get a root beer[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWe sat together so near people thought we were queer[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nPunctuated by the big scare we joined the Air Force right there[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nTo defend our country first class who couldn't give a rat's ass[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nDon't you tell me that the White House is my home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\nLeave the lights on till your baby gets home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\nLeave the lights on till your baby gets home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\nLeave the lights on till your baby gets home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\r\nDon't forget your toothbrush your hairbrush and your comb[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\nLeave the lights on till you baby gets home[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nGot a big ol' dog a big iron bar[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI keep that mother humper in the back seat of my car[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]E7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E7[/ch]                                               [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nIt's like kissing Greta Garbo with a mouth full of marbles[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E7[/ch]                                                        [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nLike trying to cash a paycheck un the middle of a train wreck  [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                                      [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nLeave the lights on leave the lights on[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E7[/ch]                                           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nLike trying to get aroundo in a car made of bondo[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E7[/ch]                                         [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nLike speaking German lingo to a dog named Dingo - Plotz!![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                                       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nLeave the lights on leave the lights on[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E7[/ch]                                               [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nLike a french-fried quesadilla in a franchised pizzeria[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\nLeave the lights on leave the lights on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\n   A big iron bar[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI keep that mother humper in the back seat of my car[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nE7\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nE7        E7\nA7        E7\nB7   A7   E7\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nE7\n\n[Bridge]","chords":["E7","A","A7","B7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]}}}