When The Lights Go Out chords by Sarah Jarosz

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: D

Tuning: Standard, no capo

It helps to listen to the bassline to get the verses. In 4/4 the rhythm is:
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & :
D         A     |Bm        G     :


This is how I like to play it, if it's helpful for anyone!
    D                 A     Bm                G
e|--------2-----------------------2---------------------|
B|----3-------3---3-----2-----3-------3---3-----0-------|
G|------2-----------2-----2-----4-----------4-----0-----|
D|--0-------0---0-----------4-------4---4---------------|
A|--------------------0---------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------3---------|

🎸 Intro:

D   A Bm  G
D   A Bm  G


🎸 Verse 1:
D                           A      Bm                  G
Who are you when the lights go out? You got me wondering
D                                 A   Bm                        G
How did you go from a face in the crowd to all I'm thinking about?
D                            A  Bm               G
Sitting here on the night cloud, floating around
D                               A    Bm                       G     D  A Bm  G
Just a thought 'til I said it out loud, who are you when the lights go out?


🎸 Chorus 1:
     A              D        G
In a dream, we were Polaroid lovers
        A                D         G
In the deep, where the edges don't lie
        A          D         G
You and me, fading into each other
Em               G
And it makes me wonder


🎸 Verse 2:
D                        A   Bm
What if it was New Year's Eve? Black tie and evening gown
D                           A        Bm
Would you tug at the hem of my sleeve, kiss me while we're countin' down?
D                           A      Bm                  G
Who are you when the lights go out? You got me wondering
D                                 A   Bm                   G
How did you go from a face in the crowd to where we are now?


🎸 Chorus 1:
     A              D        G
In a dream, we were Polaroid lovers
        A                D         G
In the deep, where the edges don't lie
        A          D         G
You and me, fading into each other
Em               G
And it makes me wonder


🎸 Interlude:
D   A Bm  G
D   A Bm  G
D   A Bm  G
D   A Bm  G


🎸 Chorus 1:
     A              D        G
In a dream, we were Polaroid lovers
        A                D         G
In the deep, where the edges don't lie
        A          D         G
You and me, fading into each other
Em               G
Fading into each other


🎸 Chorus 2:
     A              D        G
In a dream, we were Magnavox lovers
        A         D           G
You and me, somewhere all alone
     A           D          G
On screen, in an ocean of color
Em               G     Em           G
And it makes me wonder, it makes me wonder


🎸 Bridge:
D                           A    Bm     G
Who are you when the lights go out?
D                           A    Bm     G
Who are you when the lights go out? (Who are you-)
D                           A    Bm     G
Who are you when the lights go out? (Who are you-)
D                           A    Bm  G
Oh, who are you when the lights go out, baby?


🎸 Outro:
D   A Bm  G
D   A Bm  G
D   A Bm  G
D   A Bm  G