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Lights  Tabs by Journey

Lights tab by Journey (Ver. 2)

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D     Bm     C
When the lights go down in the city
    D     Bm   C
And the sun shines on the bay
    D     Bm    C
Ooo, I wanna be there in my city, ooo-oo-oooh
Bm  C  D  C D
Oooh oooh ooo-oo-oh

D    Bm      C
 So you think you’re lonely
D     Bm      C
 Well my friend I’m lonely too
D        Bm     C
 I want to get back to my city by the bay
Bm  C  D  C D
Woah oooh ooo-oo-oh
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{Bridge}
   Bm  G
It’s sad, oooh
       D
There’s been mornings
          Bm    G
Out on the road without you
       D    A
Without your charms
Bm    G
  Woo-oo-oh oh
   D
My my my my my my
Bm  C  D  C D
Woah oooh ooo-oo-oh

     D     Bm     C
When the lights go down in the city
    D     Bm   C
And the sun shines on the bay
    D     Bm    C
Ooo, I wanna be there in my city, ooo-oo-oooh
Bm  C  D  C D
Woah oooh ooo-oo-oh

{Solo}
Bm - G - D -
Bm - G - D - A -
Bm - G - D -
Bm - C - D-C-D

     D     Bm     C
When the lights go down in the city
    D     Bm   C
And the sun shines on the bay
    D     Bm    C
Ooo, I wanna be there in my city, ooo-oo-oooh
Bm  C  D  C D
Woah oooh ooo-oo-oh, mmmmmm
Bm  C  D  C D
Woah oooh ooo-oo-oh
¨Lights¨ by Journey

INTRO:
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                                 Oooh =
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                          Oh,
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 Oh,          (C)Oh    (D)Oh             It’s =
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Bm A5G5        D               B5   A5
sad, oh there’s been mornings out on the road without you
G5      D   D5 A5
without your charms
B5 Bm A5G5     D
   Oh,  my my my my   my   my
Bm      C    D
oh,

3RD VERSE:
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               ...my  city        oh,
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                  Heavy distortion-->
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SOLO:
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                            ... oh.
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Another chord for "Lights" by Journey. This wonderful 1978 balled is about their hometown San Francisco and it reached number 68 on the Billboard single charts. A minor hit, especially for Journey who were huge at that time. It has later also been released as liver versions on various albums.

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