The Day The Light Went Out chords by Genesis
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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When they went to bed that night,
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no one would have believed
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That in the morning light
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would not be there
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The dark hung heavy on the air
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like the grip of a jealous man
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No place was there known to have
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been spared
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Then panic took control of minds
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as fear hit everyone
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The day the light went out
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of the daytime sky
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Verse 2
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Artificial light could hardly
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penetrate the gloom
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Nothing out of reach could
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be observed
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Looting, pillage, murder,
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rape became the rule of that day
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Who hit him no one knew,
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or whom he hit
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Cars were caught in pileups and
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the planes could never land
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Cm
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The day the light went out of
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the daytime sky
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Verse 3
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"Now I can rest here after my
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journey
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Now I can feed here before I con
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tinue."
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Verse 4
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Some were there who's heads were clear who sought,
tried to find
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The nature of this deadly foe,
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the dark
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It seemed the sun was still somewhere,
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though hidden from their sight
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By something, though amorphous,
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yet alive
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And so they looked for ways to rid
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themselves of the parasite
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The day the light went out of
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the day time sky
Verse 5
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"Now I can
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rest here after my
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journey
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Now I can feed here before I con
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tinue."
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Verse 6
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They tried in many fruitless
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ways to see the noonday sun
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By blasting with their missiles
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through the dark
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But soon a kind of sleepy
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state came over everyone
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Till nothing seemed to stir
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or even breathe
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And when the darkness chose to disappear,
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not many had survived
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Then came a shadow - another
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had arrived
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And again the light went
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out of the daytime sky
Outro 1
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The Day The Light Went Out
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