Chris Smither (http://www.smither.com/music.html) - Leave the Light On
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THQO-JLjMnA

Bpm: 100

Drop D tuning

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[Intro]

          


[Verse 1]

             
Well, if I wer

              
e young again 

           
I'd pay attent

ion,
              
To that little

             
 known dimensi

              
on, the taste 

           
of endless tim

e.
             
Just like wate

              
r, it runs rig

              
ht through our

 
 fingers,
              
The flavor of 

             
it lingers lik

            
e a rich red w

ine.
             
In those days 

              
we were single

     
, we lived the

m one by one.
             
Now we hardly 

              
see 'em, they 

             
don't walk, th

   
ey run.


[Chorus]

             
But I've got p

              
lenty left I'v

         
e set my sight

 on,
              
Don't wait up,

             
 leave the lig

             
ht on, I'll be

      
 home soon.


[Turnaround]

    


[Verse 2]

             
I've never see

              
n my life in s

      
uch a hurry,
              
But if I start

             
 to worry, I g

          
et left behind

.
             
It's just a pa

              
rty, but you d

             
on't get invit

ations,
              
And there's ju

             
st one destina

              
tion, you bett

        
er be on time.
             
For years we r

              
hymed in coupl

            
ets, and we sa

ng 'em two by 

two.
             
Now we hardly 

             
rhyme at all b

            
ut here's a fe

w:


[Chorus]

             
And if they hu

              
rt there's bul

             
lets left to b

ite on,
              
Don't wait up,

             
 leave the lig

             
ht on, I'll be

      
 home soon.


[Turnaround]

    


[Verse 3]

             
That drummer i

              
n my head need

       
s inspiration,
              
There's a lack

             
 of syncopatio

              
n, and it hold

          
s me to a line

.
             
It's just so h

              
ard to leave t

              
hese cages tha

     
t we think in,
              
By stages we j

             
ust sink in, t

          
o a slow decli

ne.
             
For years we l

              
ived in waltz 

         
time, we dance

d it three by 

three.
             
Now it's hard 

              
to dance but i

             
f you stick wi

   
th me...


[Chorus]

             
We've got what

              
 we need to sp

        
end the night 

on,
              
Don't wait up,

             
 leave the lig

             
ht on, I'll be

      
 home soon.


[Solo]

          


[Verse 4]

             
These races th

              
at we've run w

              
ere not for gl

  
ory,
              
No moral to th

             
e story, we ru

              
n for peace of

 
 mind.
             
But the race w

              
e're running n

              
ow is neverend


ing,
              
Space and time

             
 are bending, 

             
and there's no

        
 finish line.
             
I will live to

              
 be a hundred,

       
 I was born in

 forty-four,
             
Thirty-three t

              
o go but I ain

             
't keepin' sco

   
re.


[Chorus]

             
I've been left

              
 for dead befo

              
re but I still

 
 fight on,
              
Don't wait up,

             
 leave the lig

             
ht on, I'll be

      
 home soon.

              
'Cause I've be

             
en left for de

              
ad before but 

 
I still fight 

on,
              
Don't wait up,

             
 leave the lig

             
ht on, I'll be

      
 home soon. (r

itardando)



[Transcription credit:  Richard Peikoff, 12-02-2006, http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/ ]