Intro: E-A-E-A-; (8x)

              E                        A
   I see the people walking down the street at night
             E                  A
   And they all look like they long for a fight
                 E                    A
   It's like a dream where everybody is for sale
   E                                     A
   In a country where they're angry and the sky is pale
        E                                  A
   We always want something more, then we want it all
        E
   Then you can go back to your life
        A
   If that's what it's called
                E                         A
   It's such a terrible fate to be young and ugly
       E                       A
   To be faced with so much uncertainty
         B                      D,A
   You'd better keep your sanity
         B                      D,A
   You'd better keep your sanity

                 Chorus
    E                        A
   Bright lights go up, big city come down
    E                        A
   Bright lights go up, big city come down
    E                        A
   Bright lights go up, big city come down
    E                        A
   Bright lights go up, big city come down

              E
   All this confusion 
                      A
   Gives you notions of self-destruction
            E                        A
   So you think of a way to keep us together
       E
   He may be black, he may be white
        A
   But they don't need to fight
         E                            A
   In a city where there's too much violence already
                E                       A
   Look at the sky, its dirty and it's gray and filthy
         E                     A
   And today looks just like yesterday
                E                 A
   You ask yourself how long can a bad thing last
            E                          A
   When we are sodden to our knees with so much strife
         B                                D,A
   They say it's meant to change your life
         B                                D,A
   They say it's meant to change your life

   (Repeat Chorus)

   Adlib: C#m-B-A-; (2x)
          E--;
          E-A-E-A-; (5x)

               E                        
   I see the people walking down the street at night
                                 A           B
   And they all look like they long for a fight
              E
   Just like the old man said
              A         B             E-A-B-
   "What are you gonna do with your life"
  E                       A
   Never the bright lights
  E                      A
   Never the bright lights

   Coda: E-A-E-A-; (3x) 
         E-A-E hold

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