Timothy Seth Avett
The Lights Went Out
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Capo: N/A
[Verse 1]
C Em
The lights went out
F G
but I could still see by the glow
C Em
of her bedpost bright
F G
and she smiles cause she wants me to know
C C/B Am
that shes al-ways been
C C/B Am
my best friend
F G C
in a world where the lights go out
[Interlude]
C - Cadd9
[Verse 2]
C Em
The lights were dim
F G
but I could still see well enough
C Em
to make out the tear on my brim
F G
and the fear than hung from my cuff
C C/B Am
well the stars felt weak
C C/B Am
but they laughed with me
F G C
at a world where the lights go out
[Interlude]
C - Cadd9
[Verse 3]
C Em
The road was wide
F G
but I still took both the lanes
C Em
and she sat so close to me
F G
we floated away like the planes
C C/B Am
cause we had to go
C C/B Am
its the end of the show
F G C C/B Am
for a world where the lights go out
F G C
its the world where the lights go out
[Interlude]
C - Cadd9
[Verse 4]
C Em
I'm almost gone
F G
but its cool cause I've been here before
C Em
with my wife on the phone
F G
and my girlfriend knocks on my door
C C/B Am
well they both love me
C C/B Am
cause they both don't see
F G C
I'm the world where the lights go out
F G C
I'm the world where the lights go out
[Interlude]
C - Cadd9
[Verse 5]
C Em
My fear is dead
F G
she died last night in her sleep
C Em
while my clock hummed along
F G
and the morning started to weep
C C/B Am
cause the day be-gins
C C/B Am
and a young man wins
F G C C/B Am
In the world where the lights go out
F G C
I'm the world where the lights go out