Blinded By The Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band

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Intro:          

            
Blinded by the

           
 light, revved

            
 up like a deu

             
ce, another ru

nner in the ni

ght
            
Blinded by the

           
 light, revved

            
 up like a deu

             
ce, another ru

nner in the ni

ght
           
Blinded by the

           
 light, revved

           
 up like a deu

            
ce, another ru

             
nner in the ni

       
ght

           
Madman drummer

           
s bummers, Ind

              
ians in the su

            
mmer with a te

          
enage diplomat
           
In the dumps w

              
ith the mumps 

           
as the adolesc

              
ent pumps his 

          
way into his h

/
at
           
With a boulder

              
 on my shoulde

           
r, feelin' kin

             
da older, I tr

            
ipped the merr

      
y-go-round
           
With this very

              
 unpleasin', s

           
neezin' and wh

            
eezin, the cal

             
liope crashed 

         
to the ground

    
             T

he calliope cr

ashed to the g

round, but she

 was

            
Blinded by the

           
 light, revved

            
 up like a deu

             
ce, another ru

nner in the ni

ght
            
Blinded by the

           
 light, revved

            
 up like a deu

             
ce, another ru

nner in the ni

ght
            
Blinded by the

           
 light, revved

            
 up like a deu

             
ce, another ru

nner in the ni

ght
           
Blinded by the

           
 light, revved

           
 up like a deu

             
ce, another ru

/
nner in the ni

ght

           
Some silicone 

              
sister with a 

           
manager mister

           
, told me I go

           
t what it take

s
              
She said "I'll

           
 turn you on S

           
onny to someth

              
ing strong, pl

           
ay the song wi

              
th the funky b


reak"
           
And Go-cart Mo

           
zart was check

              
in' out the we

              
ather chart to

           
 see if it was

         
 safe outside
           
And Little Ear

              
ly-Pearly came

           
 by in his cur

             
ly-wurly and a

            
sked me if I n

         
eeded a ride

    
              

Asked me if I 

needed a ride,

 but she was

            
Blinded by the

           
 light, revved

            
 up like a deu

             
ce, another ru

nner in the ni

ght
            
Blinded by the

     
 light

             
She got down b

              
ut she never g

              
ot tired, she'

            
s gonna make i

              
t through the 

 
night
             
She's gonna ma

             
ke it through 

     
the night

Solo:      (       ) x5

            
But Mama, that

              
's where the f

       
un is,        

         
      but Mama

              
, that's where

            
 the fun is
           
Mama always to

              
ld me not to l

              
ook into the e


ye's of the su

n
            
But Mama, that

              
's where the f

                            
un is

           
Some brimstone

           
 baritone anti

              
cyclone rollin

           
g stone preach

            
er from the ea


st
           
Says, "Dethron

              
e the dictapho

           
ne, hit it in 

              
it's funny bon

           
e, that's wher

              
e they expect 

    
it least"
           
And some new-m

              
own chaperone 

           
was standin' i

              
n the corner, 

           
watching the y

            
oung girls dan


ce
           
And some fresh

              
-sown moonston

           
e was messin' 

              
with his froze

           
n zone, remind

              
ing him of rom


ance!!

     
              

 The calliope 

crashed to the

 ground, but s

he was

            
Blinded by the

           
 light, revved

            
 up like a deu

             
ce, another ru

nner in the ni

ght
            
Blinded by the

           
 light, revved

            
 up like a deu

             
ce, another ru

nner in the ni

ght

            
Madman drummer

           
s bummers, Ind

              
ians in the su

             
mmer with a te

           
enage diplomat
            
In the dumps w

              
ith the mumps 

           
as the adolesc

              
ent pumps his 

            
way into his h


at
            
With a boulder

              
 on my shoulde

           
r, feelin' kin

             
da older, I tr

             
ipped the merr

       
y-go-round
            
With this very

              
 unpleasin', s

           
neezin' and wh

            
eezin, the cal

              
liope crashed 

         
to the ground

           
Now Scott with

              
 a slingshot f

           
inally found a

              
 tender spot a

           
nd throws his 

             
lover in the s

/
and
           
And some blood

              
shot forget-me

           
-not said dadd

              
y's within ear

              
shot save the 

           
buckshot, turn

        
 up the band
           
Some silicone 

              
sister with a 

           
manager mister

           
 told me I got

         
 what it takes
              
She said "I'll

           
 turn you on s

           
onny to someth

           
ing strong"
             
She got down b

              
ut she never g

              
ot tired, she'

            
s gonna make i

              
t, through the

  
 night



 Chords:
(note, you could also keep the bass moving if you want instead of using only C bass in verse)

     
e--1----3---1-
B--1----3---1-
G--2----3---2-
D--3----3---3-
A--0----3---3-
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