Tablature somebody turned on the light - Hoyt Axton

          



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  Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 16:48:45 -0800

  From: "PIERCE, CLAYTON W" <ZCWP11@ACCESS.EAST-TENN-ST.EDU>

  Subject: CRD:  Hoyt Axton     Somebody Turned on the Light

  

  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.

  

  

  

  

  

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                      Clayton Pierce

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                      (423) 638-2780                                       

                         

             

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