The Smiths Rough Trade

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out The Queen is Dead (1988)

Intro: Am Fmaj7 G

Verse 1:

Am G Am G Fmaj7 C G Am G

Take me out tonight where there's music and there's people

Am G Fmaj7 C G

who are young and alive

Am G Am G Fmaj7 C

Driving in your car I never never want to go home

G Am G Fmaj7 C G

because I haven't got one anymore

Verse 2:

Am G Am G Fmaj7 C G Am G

Take me out tonight because I want to see people and I

Am G Fmaj7 C G

want to see lights

Am G Am G Fmaj7 C

Driving in your car oh please don't drop me home

G Am G Am G Fmaj7 C G

because it's not my home, it's their home, and I'm welcome no more

Chorus:

Em F G C Am F

And if a double-decker bus crashes into us

G C F G

to die by your side such a heavenly way to die

C Am F

And if a ten ton truck kills the both of us

G C F G

to die by your side the pleasure the privilege is mine

Bridge:

Am G Am G Fmaj7 C G Am G

Take me out tonight oh take me anywhere, I don't care,

Am G Fmaj7 C G

I don’t care, I dont care

Am G Am G Fmaj7 C G

And in the darkened underpass I thought Oh God, my chance has come at last

Am G Am G Fmaj7 C G

but then a strange fear gripped me and I just couldn't ask

Verse 4:

Am G Am G Fmaj7 C G Am G

Take me out tonight take me anywhere, I don't care,

Am G Fmaj7 C G

I don’t care, I don’t care

Am G Am G Fmaj7 C

Just driving in your car I never never want to go home

G Am G Fmaj7 C G

because I haven't got one I haven't got one

Chorus:

Outro:

Am G Am G

There is a light and it never goes out

Fmaj7 C G x7 times

There is a light and it never goes out

Am G Am G Fmaj C

define: capo 4th fret

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