When the Light Comes On chords by They Might Be Giants
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Verse 1
(A minor) I'll make a reckless predic (F major) tion
I'll still be in the kit (G major) chen
(G minor) When the (G major) lights come on (C major) (B major)
(A minor) I think we'll probably be good
(F major) If stuff is still where it stood (G major)
When the lights come on (C major)
Verse 2
(A minor) We won't remember each oth (F major) er
But we'll probably (C major) recov (G major) er
(G minor) Unless (G major) everyone's gone (C major) (G major)
(A minor) It might be too soon to say (F major) this
But I think that we may (G major) just
See the lights come on (C major)
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Verse 3
(G major) See I've been picturing
Dia (C major) (F major) grams of mas (C major) ter (G major) plans
(A minor) I taught myself to draw in the dust (D minor)
With what (B flat major) (F major) remains of my (G major) left hand (A minor)
Verse 4
And from what I can tell (F major)
I'll be no more than a shell
(Gsus4) Or an auto (G major) maton (C major)
(A minor) But we'll be laughing and shit
(F major) It will have been worth (C major) it (G major)
When the lights (C major) come on
Verse 5
(F major) Unless we chicken (D minor) out again
(B flat major) Which is exactly (G minor) how we (G major) ended up in (A minor) here
Our guard was down, (F major) we were disarmed
(D minor) They tampered with the smoke (E minor) alarm
Verse 6
(A minor) There won't be any more trouble (F major)
You'll be dragged from the rubble (Gsus4)
(G major) When the lights come on (C major)
(A minor) And I'll be looking so great
(F major) I will have lost some weight (Gsus4)
(G major) When the lights come on (C major)
Verse 7
(A minor) We will be growing mustaches (F major)
Once we're raised from the ashes (Gsus4)
(G major) When the (Gsus4) lights (G major) come on (C major)
(A minor) We'll be encased in gold (F major)
Desiccated and (G major) old
When the lights come on (C major)
Verse 8
(G major) See I've been picturing
Dia (C major) grams (F major) of mas (C major) ter (G major) plans
I taught (A minor) myself to draw in the dust (D minor)
With what (B flat major) (F major) remains of my (G major) left hand (E minor)
Verse 9
And from what I can tell (A minor)
Groping around, there's (F major) something else
(D minor) I feel a face, I (G major) feel a pulse
Verse 10
(A minor) I think I'm (F major)
Tripping
Something's (G minor) got me (G major) by the hair (C major)
(A minor) Let's table this discus (F major) sion
Until my concus (G major) sion
On the bottom stair (C major)
Verse 11
(F major) Unless I pass out (D minor) once again
(B flat major) And find the bandage (G minor) where my
(G major) kidney used to (A minor) be
Knocked over lamp, (F major) some broken plates
(D minor) Prescription pads (E minor) for opiates
Outro 1
(A minor) (F major) (C major) (G major)
(C major) (A minor) (F major) (G major)
(C major) (G major)
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