Biography:
Dexys Midnight Runners - the name consistently spelled without an apostrophe - were a British post-punk and Northern Soul band who achieved their major success in the early to mid 1980s. The word Dexys in this case, comes from a colloquialism of dextroamphetamine, a type of amphetamine diet pill that was a popular 'upper' drug with England's Northern Soul scene in the 1960s.
Founded in 1978 by former singer of the Killjoys, Kevin Rowland, and guitarist Kevin "Al" Archer
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18th January 2001, 7.27pm
TELL ME WHEN MY LIGHT TURNS GREEN by DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS
(Kevin Rowland)
From 'Searching For The Young Soul Rebels'
Chords used:
C#m: x46654
D#m: x68876
E: x7999x (in intro and chorus) and 022100 (in verse and link and coda)
B: x2444x
F#: 244322 (in verse) and x-9-11-11-11-x (in chorus)
C#m D#m E D#m C#m (x2)
B E C#m (x2)
B E C#m F#
Seen quite a bit in my twenty-three years,
B E
I've been manic depressive
C#m F#
And I've spat a few tears.
E D#m
Spat on and shat on
C#m C#m D#m
Tell me when my light's on
E D#m F#
Would you please tell me when my light turns green?
B E C#m (x2)
E D#m
Spat on and shat on
C#m C#m D#m
Tell me when my light's on
E D#m F#
Would you please tell me when my light turns green?
B E
Rambling and gambling
C#m F#
Just hoping for more
B E
I've been losing and boozing
C#m F#
But I don't know what for
E D#m
Will anybody help?
C#m C#m D#m
Tell me when my light's on
E D#m F#
Would you please tell me when my light turns green?
B E C#m F#
E D#m C#m C#m D#m E D#m F#
B E C#m (x2)
(horn solo)
B E C#m F#
It's not that I don't believe in you
B E C#m F#
Oh, your work's all around for me to see
E D#m
Won't you please help?
C#m C#m D#m
Tell me when my light's on
E D#m F#
Would you please tell me when my light turns green?
B E C#m
B E C#m
Would you please tell me when my light turns green?
B E C#m
B E C#m
Would you please tell me when my light turns green?
B E C#m
18th January 2001, 7.27pm
TELL ME WHEN MY LIGHT TURNS GREEN by DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS
(Kevin Rowland)
From 'Searching For The Young Soul Rebels'
Chords used:
C#m: x46654
D#m: x68876
E: x7999x (in intro and chorus) and 022100 (in verse and link and coda)
B: x2444x
F#: 244322 (in verse) and x-9-11-11-11-x (in chorus)
C#m D#m E D#m C#m (x2)
B E C#m (x2)
B E C#m F#
Seen quite a bit in my twenty-three years,
B E
I've been manic depressive
C#m F#
And I've spat a few tears.
E D#m
Spat on and shat on
C#m C#m D#m
Tell me when my light's on
E D#m F#
Would you please tell me when my light turns green?
B E C#m (x2)
E D#m
Spat on and shat on
C#m C#m D#m
Tell me when my light's on
E D#m F#
Would you please tell me when my light turns green?
B E
Rambling and gambling
C#m F#
Just hoping for more
B E
I've been losing and boozing
C#m F#
But I don't know what for
E D#m
Will anybody help?
C#m C#m D#m
Tell me when my light's on
E D#m F#
Would you please tell me when my light turns green?
B E C#m F#
E D#m C#m C#m D#m E D#m F#
B E C#m (x2)
(horn solo)
B E C#m F#
It's not that I don't believe in you
B E C#m F#
Oh, your work's all around for me to see
E D#m
Won't you please help?
C#m C#m D#m
Tell me when my light's on
E D#m F#
Would you please tell me when my light turns green?
B E C#m
B E C#m
Would you please tell me when my light turns green?
B E C#m
B E C#m
Would you please tell me when my light turns green?
B E C#m
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