Leave The Light On Chords - Chris Smither

Chris Smither (http://www.smither.com/music.html) | Leave the Light On (Drop D Tuning)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THQO-JLjMnA

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bpm: 100


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D...A...D...G...B...E (Drop D)
6...5...4...3...2...1: Basic Chords

0...0...0...2...3...2: D
5...5...0...0...0...3: G
X...0...2...2...2...X: A
X...0...4...2...3...X: D/A


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[Intro] [0:00]
D G D A D/A A D G D A D

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[Verse] [0:18]

D                        G    
If I were young again I'd pay attention,
                   D                      A   
To that little known dimension, the taste of endless time.
        D                       G   
Just like water, it runs right through my fingers,
                D              A D   
But the flavor of it lingers like a rich red wine.

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[Sec. B] [0:37]

   A                           D                 
In those days we were single, and we lived them one by one.
A                            G        A   
Now we hardly see 'em, they don't walk, they run.

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[Chorus] [0:47]

    D                     G   
But I got plenty left I've set my sight on,
                    D           A   D   
Don't wait up leave the light on, I'll be home soon.

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[Turnaround] [0:56]
D G D A D

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[Verse] [1:06]

 D                      G    
I never seen my life in such a hurry, 
              D            A   
But if I start to worry, I get left behind.
         D                    G   
It's like a party, but you don't get invitations, 
                      D                A D   
And there's just one destination, you better be on time.

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[Sec. B.] [1:25]

         A                         D                
Through years of rhyming couplets, and we sang `em two by two.
A                     G          A   
Now we hardly rhyme at all but here's a few:

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[Chorus] [1:35]

    D                         G   
And if they hurt there's bullets left to bite on,
                    D            A  D   
Don't wait up leave the light on, I'll be home soon.

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[Turnaround] [1:44]
D G D A D

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[Verse] [1:53]

     D                        G    
That drummer in my head needs inspiration,
                    D                   A   
There's a lack of syncopation, that holds me to a line.
         D                          G    
It's just so hard to leave these cages that we think in,
               D              A D   
By stages we just sink in, to a slow decline.

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[Sec. B.] [2:13]

   A                                    D                
For years we lived and waltzed the time, and we danced three by three.
A                         G           A   
Now it's hard to dance but if you stick with me...

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[Chorus] [2:22]

D                             G   
We've got what we need to spend the night on,
                    D            A  D   
Don't wait up leave the light on, I'll be home soon

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[Solo] [2:31]
D G D A D/A A D G D A D

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[Verse] [2:50]

      D                          G    
These races that we've run were not for glory,
              D                    A   
No moral to the story, we run for peace of mind.
       D                        G    
But the race we're running now is never ending,
                     D              A   D   
Since space and time upending, there's no finish line.

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[Sec. B.] [3:09]

      A                     D             
But I'll live to be a hundred, I was born in forty-four,
A                     G         A   
Thirty-nine to go but I ain't keepin score.

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[Chorus] [3:18]

        D                       G   
I've been left for dead before but I still fight on,
                    D           A   D   
Don't wait up leave the light on, I'll be home soon.

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[Chorus] [3:28]

        D                       G   
I've been left for dead before but I still fight on,
                    D           A   D   
Don't wait up leave the light on, I'll be home soon. (ritardando)

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[End] [3:45]

Transcription credit:  Richard Peikoff, 12-02-2006, http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/