Somebody Turned On The Light
Hoyt Axton
G C G
I've been to wild Montana,
C G
I went there in a storm.
C Bb F
My boots were Texas leather, mm
C
My Levis wet and torn.
G C G C G C
I loved it in Montana,
G C
I loved it in the storm.
G C Bb F
I think I'm gonna cross that river, mm
C
I just might be reborn.
C Bb
New York, New York, winter, sixty-one.
F C F C
Takin' me a city ride.
Bb
Somebody tall must of put out the light,
F G C
'Cause it got real dark outside.
G C Bb
And I never saw the sun until seventy-one,
C F C F C
But I never gave up the fight.
Bb
An' I sure was glad when I saw the dawn,
F
And somebody turned on the light.
TACET C F C F C
Somebody turned on the light.
Dm
Whiskey, dope, and fast red cars,
F C F
Well, I couldn't see to read the signs.
C Bb
Somebody said, "Whose life is this?"
F G C G
I said that it can't be mine.
C Bb
An' I never saw the sun until seventy-one,
C F C F
But I never gave up the fight,
C Bb
An' I sure was glad when I saw the dawn,
F
And somebody turned on the light.
TACET C F C
Somebody turned on the light.
INSTRUMENTAL
F C G C G Eb Ab Eb Bb F Bb F C
C
When the world is wrong,
Bb
you'd better right yourself,
F C F
It'll make the dark clouds fly.
C Bb
And nobody tall can put out the light,
F G C
Just don't let the spirit die.
G C Bb
An' if you never see the sun 'til ninety-one,
F C F
Don't-cha never give up the fight.
C Bb
Sure be glad when you see the dawn,
F
And somebody turns on the light.
TACET C F C F C
Somebody turns on the light.
source: Clayton Pierce
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