Chords for The Trammps - The Night The Lights Went Out (Slayd5000)

Tempo:
121.85 bpm
Chords used:

G

Eb

Dm

F

Gm

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The Trammps - The Night The Lights Went Out (Slayd5000) chords
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[N]
[Gm]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Gm]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Gm]
[F] [Eb]
[G] I'm going to do it again.
Where were you when the [C] lights went out in New [G] York City?
I want to know.
Where were you [Dm] when the lights [C] went out in New York [G] City?
Don't you know [Eb] that I was [Bb] making love?
[Dm] [Eb] I [Bb] remember [F] the 13th of July.
The only light was the light up in [G] the sky.
[Eb] New York had a blackout, [F] but 25 hours of war.
And nobody really knows the [G] reason why.
[Eb] Somebody pulled a plug out [Dm] of the socket.
[Eb] For sake's sake, I went to [F] door to lock.
So I took my [G]
hand [Cm] out to love land.
[F] Where [Bm] were you [Dm] when the lights [C] went out in New York [G] City?
I was in town.
Where were you [Dm] when the lights [C] went out [F] in New York [G]
City?
Don't you know [Eb] that I was [Bb] making love?
I [D] [Eb] was making [Gm]
[Dm] love.
[Eb] I [F] was jammed at the door.
Innocent girls were robbed [Gm] of their hearts.
[Eb] What [Bb] relations gonna grow, but not [Dm] much so.
Where will all the little [G] babies go?
[Eb] Politicians said it was a pity.
[F] But [Eb] that's what they call a rough [F] city.
So I took my lady by [G] the hand and led her to love [Cm] land.
[F] Where [G] were you when [Dm] the lights went [C] out in New York [G] City?
I don't know.
Where were you when [Dm] the lights went [C] out in New York [G] City?
Don't you know that I [Gm] was making love?
I was making love.
I [Eb] was making [Gm]
love.
Do you remember [Bb] what we did?
[Eb] On this dark and humid night.
[Gm] Eight million people [Bb] in the city [Eb] without a light.
[Gm]
[Bb] [Eb]
[G] Where were you when the [C] lights went out in [F] New York [G] City?
I don't know.
Where were you when the lights went [C] out in New York [G]
City?
Don't you know that I was making [Gm] love?
[Dm] I [Eb] was making love.
[Gm] I was making love.
I [G] was making love.
[Eb] I was making love.
[F] Yes I [Eb] did.
[F] Where [Eb] were you
[F] on a cloud [G] elevator?
Where [Dm] [G] were you baby in escalator?
[Cm]
[G] Where were you [Eb]
[F] on a crowded [Bb] bus?
[Gm]
[G] Where were you baby in a train?
[Dm] Where [G] were you [F] in a [G] train?
Baby in a building?
[F] I don't know.
[G] I [Dm] [G] was making love.
[Eb]
[G] Alright.
[Eb]
Maybe at [B] a disco.
What's
[G] going on man?
What's going on?
[Abm] What happened to the lights?
[E] What happened to the music?
What happened to the music man?
The sound [Abm] went out.
[E] No electricity?
No electricity.
[Db]
[Abm] Sounds like sleep.
[Db] Sleep went out man.
I don't know why.
I don't know why they did that.
I had [D] a big room with drums.
A long room.
[G] A very big room.
[Db] [Abm] [G]
[Abm] Did [E] you have too [Db] many jobs?
[E]
Ah ya.
[B]
[G] [Abm] What did I do?
[C] [G] Sleep.
You didn't sleep [Dm] right?
I gave you a bed.
You [B] didn't sleep?
I slept [G] in my car.
I slept in my car.
Ya.
[D] I can't sleep.
I'm ok.
Ok no [F] more leafing room.
[B] Somebody move the phone.
[F] Somebody move the phone. I'm [G] sorry.
I'm sorry.
[Fm] Oh, for sake of sake, [G] went to the door to launch it.
[Dm] My place is gonna grow in nine months or so.
[Eb] Where will all the little bitty [Dm] babies go?
[G] Oh, [Bb] politicians say they're [G] gonna get it.
But not for the night they call it a dump launch.
Oh, where were [Gm] you?
Where were [G] you?
And you, and you, [Dm] and you, and you too.
Where were you?
[Gm] Where were you?
[G]
In the town, in New York City.
Oh, I was [Bb] making love.
[G] You were making love.
[Eb] She was making love.
[Dm] Everybody making love.
Eight [Bb] million people in the [Dm] city.
[Gm] Making love.
[Dm] See, it's nothing else to do.
You can't take a shower.
Can't watch TV.
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F
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Gm
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Eb
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Dm
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[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ I'm going to do it again.
Where were you when the [C] lights went out in New [G] York City?
I want to know.
_ Where were you [Dm] when the lights [C] went out in New York [G] City?
_ Don't you know [Eb] that I was [Bb] making love?
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Eb] I [Bb] remember [F] the 13th of July.
The only light was the light up in [G] the sky.
_ [Eb] New York had a blackout, [F] but 25 hours of war.
And nobody really knows the [G] reason why.
_ _ [Eb] Somebody pulled a plug out [Dm] of the socket.
_ [Eb] For sake's sake, I went to [F] door to lock.
So _ I took my _ [G] _
_ _ hand [Cm] out to love land. _
[F] _ _ Where [Bm] _ were you [Dm] when the lights [C] went out in New York [G] City?
I was in town.
Where were you [Dm] when the lights [C] went out [F] in New York _ [G]
City?
Don't you know [Eb] that I was [Bb] making love?
I _ _ [D] _ _ [Eb] was making [Gm] _
[Dm] love.
_ _ _ [Eb] I _ [F] was jammed at the door.
Innocent girls were robbed [Gm] of their hearts.
_ [Eb] What [Bb] relations gonna grow, but not [Dm] much so.
Where will all the little [G] babies go?
_ _ [Eb] _ Politicians said it was a pity.
[F] _ But [Eb] that's what they call a rough [F] city.
So I took my lady by [G] the hand and led her to love [Cm] land.
_ [F] _ _ Where [G] _ were you when [Dm] the lights went [C] out in New York [G] City?
I don't know.
Where were you when [Dm] the lights went [C] out in New York [G] City?
Don't you know that I [Gm] was making love?
I was making love.
I _ _ [Eb] was making [Gm] _
_ love. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Do you remember [Bb] what we did?
_ [Eb] _ On this dark and humid night.
_ _ [Gm] Eight million people [Bb] in the city _ _ [Eb] without a light.
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] Where were you when the [C] lights went out in [F] New York [G] City?
I don't know.
_ _ _ Where were you when the lights went [C] out in New York [G] _
City?
Don't you know that I was making [Gm] love?
[Dm] _ _ I [Eb] was making love.
[Gm] _ _ I was making love.
I [G] was making love.
[Eb] I was making love.
[F] _ _ Yes I [Eb] _ _ did.
[F] _ _ Where [Eb] were you _ _ _
[F] on a cloud [G] elevator?
Where [Dm] _ _ _ [G] were you _ _ _ baby in escalator?
[Cm] _ _
[G] _ _ _ Where were you [Eb] _ _
[F] _ on a crowded [Bb] bus?
[Gm] _ _
_ _ _ [G] Where were you _ _ _ baby in a train? _ _
[Dm] _ _ Where [G] were _ _ you [F] in a [G] train? _ _
_ _ Baby in a building? _
[F] _ _ I don't know.
[G] I [Dm] _ _ _ [G] was making love.
[Eb] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ Alright.
_ [Eb] _
_ _ Maybe at [B] a disco. _
What's _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] going on man?
What's going on?
[Abm] _ What happened to the lights?
[E] _ What happened to the music?
What happened to the music man?
The sound [Abm] went out. _ _ _ _
_ [E] No electricity?
No electricity.
[Db] _
[Abm] Sounds like sleep. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Db] Sleep went out man. _ _
_ _ _ I don't know why.
I don't know why they did that.
I had [D] a big room with drums.
A long room.
[G] A very big room. _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ [G] _
_ [Abm] Did [E] you have too [Db] many jobs? _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
Ah ya.
_ _ _ [B] _ _
[G] _ [Abm] What did I do?
[C] _ _ [G] Sleep.
You didn't sleep [Dm] right?
I gave you a bed.
You [B] didn't sleep?
I slept [G] in my car.
I slept in my car.
Ya.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ I can't sleep.
I'm ok.
Ok no [F] more leafing room.
_ _ [B] Somebody move the phone.
[F] _ _ Somebody move the phone. I'm [G] sorry.
I'm sorry.
_ _ [Fm] Oh, for sake of sake, [G] _ _ went to the door to launch it.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ My place is gonna grow in nine months or so.
[Eb] Where will all the little bitty [Dm] babies go?
_ _ [G] Oh, [Bb] politicians say they're [G] gonna get it.
_ But not for the night they call it a dump launch.
_ _ Oh, where were [Gm] you?
_ Where were [G] you? _
And you, and you, [Dm] and you, and you too.
Where were you?
[Gm] _ Where were you?
[G] _ _
In the town, in New York City.
Oh, I was [Bb] making love.
_ [G] You were making love.
[Eb] She was making love.
[Dm] Everybody making love.
Eight [Bb] million people in the [Dm] city. _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ Making love.
[Dm] See, it's nothing else to do.
You can't take a shower.
Can't watch TV. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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