leave the light on chords by
Chris Smither

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Key: D major

Intro 1

Verse 1
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G G 
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If I were young again,
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I'd pay attention
To that little known dimension,
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A A 
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a  taste of endless time
D D 
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It's just like water,
G G 
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it runs right through our fingers
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A A 
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But the flavor of it lingers  like a rich,
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red wine
A A 
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In those

Verse 2
days we were single,
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we lived them one by one
A A 
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Now we hardly see 'em,
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they don't walk, they run
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D D 
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But I've got plenty left,
G G 
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I've set my sight on
D D 
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Don't wait up, leave the light on,
A A 
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I'll be home soon

Interlude 1

Verse 3
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I'd never seen my life in such a hurry
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A A 
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But if I stop to worry,  I get left behind
D D 
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It's like a party,
G G 
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but you don't get invitations
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And there's just one destination,
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D D 
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you better be on time
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For years,

Verse 4
we rhymed in couplets
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and we sang 'em two by two
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Now we hardly rhyme at all,
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A A 
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but here's a few
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And if they hurt,
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there's bullets left to bite on
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Don't wait up, leave the light on,
A A 
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I'll be home soon

Interlude 2

Verse 5
D D 
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That drummer in my head
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needs inspiration
There's a lack of syncopation,
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A A 
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and it holds me to a  line
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It's just so hard to leave these
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cages that we're thinking
By stages, we're just sink
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in' to a slow decline

Verse 6
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For years, we lived in waltz time,
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and we danced three by three
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Now it's hard to dance,
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A A 
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but if you stick with me
D D 
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We've got what we need
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to spend the night on
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Don't wait up, leave the light on,
A A 
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I'll be home soon

Interlude 3

Verse 7
D D 
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These races that we've
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run were not for glory
No moral to this story,
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A A 
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we run for peace of mind
D D 
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But the race we're running
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now is never ending
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Since space and time are bending
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D D 
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and there's no finish line

Verse 8
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Will I live to be a hundred?
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I was born in '44
39 to go,
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but I ain't keepin' score
D D 
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I've been left for dead before,
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but I still fight on
D D 
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Don't wait up, leave the light on,
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D D 
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I'll be home soon

Verse 9

I've been left for dead before,

but I still fight on

Don't wait up, leave the light on,

I'll be home soon

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