When The Lights Came On

Intro: Am C G Am C G C D Am C G Am C G C D Am D C G Am C The party wasn't over, when my friends started leaving G D Still a lot of things I had to say N.C. D C G Am C If I walked back in that room, would it be the way I left it? G D Lost my nerve and turned away And the rains came Am G D - F And the skies turned grey Chorus: Am When the lights came on G I could see the picture Am Em It burnt my eyes and it bruised my mind F C Gave me hope to face the future G Am - G - Am I was not alone when the lights came on INTERLUDE: C G D Am C G D Am D C G Am C They crucified the ox and put his carcass to the fire G D - G - D Stood around proclaiming they were free C G Am Stripped away his flesh, while giving thanks for all his labours C G D - G - D No-one saw the joke, but him and me Then the rains came Am G D - F And the skies turned grey Chorus: Am When the lights came on G I could see the picture Am Em It burnt my eyes and it bruised my mind F C Gave me hope to face the future G Am - G - Am I was not alone when the lights came on INTERLUDE: C G D Am C G D Am (Horns) Dm G Am C G D C G Am C G D Then the rains came Am G D - F And the skies turned grey Chorus: Am When the lights came on G I could see the picture Am Em It burnt my eyes and it bruised my mind F C Gave me hope to face the future G Am - G - Am I was not alone when the lights came on INTERLUDE: C G D Am C G D Am D C G Am A wise man built his house upon a rock beside a river C G D - G - D Cared not for the storms that lashed around C G Am The foolish man was tempted, dipped his soul into the water C G D His body, though at peace, has not been found But the rains came Am G D - F And the skies turned grey Chorus: Am When the lights came on G I could see the picture Am Em It burnt my eyes and it bruised my mind F C Gave me hope to face the future G Am - G I was not alone when the lights came on Chorus: Am When the lights came on G I could see into the future Am Em It burnt my eyes and it bruised my mind F C I saw the truth that I had been concealing G Am - G - Am We were face to face when the lights came on OUTRO: C/G Cmaj9/G G D C/G Cmaj9/G G D Am