Chords for Springsteen - Shut Out The Light

_ _ _ _ _ I was 19.
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I got my _ _ _ _ _ _ _ draft notice. _ _
It was 1969. _ _ _ _ _
_ And the Vietnam War was going [C] on.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ At the [Cm] time, I don't remember having any [G] real _ political [Bb] convictions about it.
I just knew that [C] I didn't want to die. _ _ _
I didn't [Bb] go. _ _ _ _
[C] But _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Eb] I was traveling through [G] Arizona _ about 10 years after that, in the late [Bbm] 70s.
And I bought a book called Born on the Fourth [C] of July _ by _
[Bb] _ _ a Vietnam [G] veteran named Ron Kovic.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] And it was his story about going and coming home [F] to find out [C] _ that his home [Bb] wasn't there anymore.
_ _ _ _ We went on to Los [Fm] Angeles and I was staying in a [C] little motel.
_ [Bbm] And there was a fellow sitting by the side of the pool in a wheelchair.
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_ _ And I had the book with me and he [C] said, man, I wrote that book.
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This song is called Shut Out the Lights. _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ It's about leaving [C] home and _ [Bb] _ _
not being able to find your way [F] back. _ _ _ _
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Well a runaway rushed up at him _ as he felt the wheels touch down.
[C] _ _ He stood out on the black car, _ took a taxi _ into town.
_ He got out down on Main Street, went [Bb]
into a local [C] bar, _ _ bought a drink and he found a seat [Bb] in the corner _ in the dark.
_ _ [G] She called up her mama to make [Bb] sure the kids were [G] out of the house.
She checked herself [Cm] out in the dining room [C] mirror and undid an extra button on her blouse.
_ He felt her lying next to him when the clock said 4 a.m.
_ _ He was staring at the ceiling, he couldn't move his hands.
_ [Bb] Oh mama, _ mama, [F] mama come quick, [Bb] I got the shakes and I'm gonna [G] be sick.
Throw [Bb] your arms around me in [Cm] the cold dark [C] night.
Hey now, mama don't shut out the lights, [Bb] don't you shut out the lights, don't [Fm] you shut out the lights, [Bb] don't you shut out the lights, don't you [C] shut out the lights.
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Well on his porch he'd stretched a banner that said _ Johnny welcome _ [C] home.
_ Bobby pulled his Ford out of the garage and they polished up the chrome. _ _
His mama said Johnny, oh Johnny, I'm so glad [Bb] to have you back with [F] me.
_ _ His pa said he was [C] sure they'd give him his job back at the rendering _ factory. _ _ _
[Bb] Oh mama, mama, mama [F] come quick, I got the shakes and I'm [F] gonna be sick.
[Bb] Throw your arms around me in the [C] cold dark night.
Hey now, mama don't shut out the lights, don't [Bb] you shut out the lights, don't [C] you shut out the lights, [Bb] don't you shut out the lights, don't you [C] shut out the lights.
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ Well deep in a dark forest, _ [Bb] a forest filled with [C] rain. _
_ _ Beyond the stretch of Maryland pines, there's a river without a name in the cold black _ water.
Now _ Johnson when he [F] stands, _ _
[C] he stares across to the lights of the city and dreams of where he's been.
_ Hey [Bb] mama, _ mama, [C] mama come quick, [Bb] I got the shakes and I'm gonna be sick.
Throw your arms around me in the cold dark [C] night.
Hey now, mama don't shut out the lights, don't you shut out the lights, [C] don't you shut out the lights, [Bb] don't you shut out the lights, [C] don't you shut out the lights, [Bb] don't you shut out the lights, don't [C] you shut out the [Bb] lights.
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