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The Lights Will Stay On

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Capo 1st Fret
VERSE:  G/  D/  Em/ C  
I go to sleep, before the devil wakes 
And I wake up, before the angels take 
All my worldly desires 
All my yardsticks of fear 
All my secrets untold 
All my motives unclear 
Hangin' down in the fire 
Burnin' them higher 
Won't take them away from here 
CHORUS:  G/  D/  Am/ C  
And long after we're gone 
The light will stay on 
The light will stay on 
Watched the city, . . . city of crows 
Watched them fly, watched 'em all flyin' low 
Out above the flood plain 
Just above the dirt road 
They were hungry as winter 
Hungry as us 
Not afraid to be flyin' 
Not afraid to be lost 
And long after we're gone 
The light will stay on 
The light will stay on 
And if you bury me, add three feet to it 
One for you sorrow, two for your sweat 
Three for the strange things we never forget 
And long after we're gone 
The light will stay on 
The light will stay on 
And long after we're safe 
The lights will not fade 
The lights will not fade

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The Lights Will Stay On

by The Walkabouts

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Capo 1st Fret

G D Em C

VERSE: / / /

I go to sleep, before the devil wakes

And I wake up, before the angels take

All my worldly desires

All my yardsticks of fear

All my secrets untold

All my motives unclear

Hangin' down in the fire

Burnin' them higher

Won't take them away from here

G D Am C

CHORUS: / / /

And long after we're gone

The light will stay on

Watched the city, . . . city of crows

Watched them fly, watched 'em all flyin' low

Out above the flood plain

Just above the dirt road

They were hungry as winter

Hungry as us

Not afraid to be flyin'

Not afraid to be lost

And long after we're gone

The light will stay on

And if you bury me, add three feet to it

One for you sorrow, two for your sweat

Three for the strange things we never forget

And long after we're gone

The light will stay on

And long after we're safe

The lights will not fade

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