The Light Will Stay On Chords by The Walkabouts

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_ _ go [Ab] to sleep _ _ _ _ before [Eb] the devil wake And I [F] wake up _ _ _ _ before [Db] the angels take
_ _ Oh [Ab] my secrets _ _ untold Oh [Eb] my motives _ unclear
_ _ [F] Hanging down in the [Fm] fire Burning [C] them higher
[Db] Won't take them away from here
_ [Ab] And long _ _ _ [Bb] after [Eb] we're _ gone The lights [Bbm] will stay _ on
[Ab] The [Db] lights will stay _ on
_ _ [Ab] Watch the city, _ _ city _ _ [Eb] _ of crows _ _ [F] Watch them fly
_ _ [F] _ _ [Db] Watch them all flying low _ _ [Ab] Out above the flood plain
_ Just [Ebm] above the dirt road
[Eb] _ _ They [F] were hungry, [Fm] his winner _ [Bb] Hungry as such
[Db] Not afraid to be fly Not afraid [Ab] to be lost
And long _ _ after _ [Eb] we're gone _ The [Bbm] lights will stay on
_ The [Db] lights will stay on
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_ _ _ _ [Ab] And if you bury _ me Add three [Eb] feet to it
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] One for your sorrow Two for your sweat
[Db] Three for the strange things we never forget
[Ab] And long _ _ _ [Bb] after [Eb] we're gone _ The [Bbm] lights will stay on
_ _ [Ab] The lights will [Db] stay on
_ _ _ _ [Ab] And long _
_ _ _ [Cm] [Eb] after we're safe _ The lights [Bbm] will not fade
_ The [Db] lights will not fade
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