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When The Lights Go Out - Bruce Springsteen
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Tabbed by:Nick V.
E-mail:[email protected]
Acoustic version from the CI shows in 1990.
Capo II
E* (mute) E   Asus   G  D  
e|---------------------------0----0-----3--2--------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------0----3-----3--3--------------------------------------|
G|--0h1----------------------1----2-----0--2--------------------------------------|
D|--0h2----------------------2----2-----0--0--------------------------------------|
A|--0------------------------2----0-----2--0--------------------------------------|
E|--0----0-0-0-0-0-----------0----x-----3--x--------------------------------------|
EYou say you have a best friend, you trust him with your life
You trust him with your money, you trust him with your kids
You'd even trust him with your wife
You better waAsustch what's goin' on when the lighDts are out
When the night iAsuss dark, when there ainG't nobody lookin' arDound
Asus   G   EE*
When the lights are out, down in this dirty little town
E E* E E*
EWell now the world is dark and funny, better listen up to what I say
You ain't gonna know what's going on by what you see in the light of day
You better waAsustch what's goin' on when the lighDts are out
When the night iAsuss dark, when there ainG't nobody lookin' arDound
Asus   G   EE*
Yeah when the lights are out, down in this dirty little town
E E* E E*
Now, BabAsusy, she trusted BilEly, wiAsusthin reason, you undersEtand?
But he kAsusept coming home late at nigEht
N.C.*(tap guitar)
And in the morning he had that smell on his hands
E E* E E*
EWell now the world is turning, Rome is burning
Me, I'm watching and I'm learning
They say sure as God's hand and the tickin' of the clock
The lord's light will shine under every dirty rock
Last night I slept the sleep of fear
And I heard God's voice whispering in my ear
He said, you beAsustter watch what's goin' on when tDhe lights are out
When the night iAsuss dark, when there ainG't nobody lookin' arDound
Yeah when thAsuse lights are out, dGown in this dirty little Etown
GDown in this dirty little Etown
GDown in this dirty little Etown
G   EE*
Down in this dirty little town
EE* E  
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