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Richard Thompson : Shoot Out The Lights
1982

  1. Don't Renege On Our Love
  2. Walking On A Wire
  3. A Man In Need
  4. Just The Motion

  5. Shoot Out The Lights
  6. Back Street Slide
  7. Did She Jump Or Was She Pushed?
  8. Wall Of Death

Don't Renege On Our Love

G
F/g
C
G
Remember when we were hand in hand
G
F/g
C
G
Remember, we sealed it with a golden band
G
F
C
Now your eyes don't meet mine
G
F
C
You've got a pulse like fever
G
F
C
Do I take you for a lover
G
Or just a deceiver?
D
/c
/b
/a
Simple is simple and plain is plain
D
/c
/b
/a
If you leave me now you won't come back again
C
D
When the game is up
G
Dm
C
Don't renege on our love, no
G
Dm
C
Don't renege on our love, no
C
Don't renege on our love
D
Don't renege on our love Give me just an ounce of sympathy Give me my chains of liberty There's a rope that binds us And I don't want to break it If love is a healing Why should we forsake it Hunger is hunger and need is need Am I just another mouth to feed When the game is up Don't renege on our love... |
G
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x4
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G
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F
C
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x4
 When my heart breaks, it breaks like the weather If you leave me now, it'll thunder forever Oh don't give it up Don't renege on our love...

Walking On A Wire

G
D
G
Dsus4
Cadd9
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G
D
Em
I hand you my ball and chain
G
D
C
You just hand me that same old refrain
G
I'm walking on a wire
D
I'm walking on a wire
Am
G
Dsus4
Cadd9
And I'm falling... I wish I could please you tonight But my medicine just won't come right I'm walking on a wire I'm walking on a wire
Am
G
And I'm falling...
D
A
Too many steps to take
C#m
G#m
Too many spells to break
Bm
C#
F#m
Too many nights awake and no one else
D
A
This grindstone's wearing me
C#m
G#m
Your claws are tearing me
C#m
B
Don't use me endlessly
A
Em
Bm
D
Am
D
/c
/bb
/a
It's too long, too long to myself Where's the justice, and where's the sense? When all the pain's on my side of the fence I'm walking on a wire I'm walking on a wire And I'm falling...
Instrumental verse
Repeat chorus
 It scares you when you don't know Whichever way the wind might blow I'm walking on a wire I'm walking on a wire And I'm falling... I'm walking on a wire I'm walking on a wire And I'm falling...

A Man In Need

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A
D/a
A
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x4
A
D/a
A
A
D/a
A
I packed my rags, went down the hill
A
D/a
A
A
D/a
A
Left my dependents a-lying still
A
D/a
A
F#m
Just as the dawn was a-rising up
E
B
E
I was making good speed
A
D/a
A
A
D/a
A
I left a letter lying on the bed
F#m
"From a man in need" it read
A
E
D
It's so hard, it's so hard to find
A
E
D
So hard to find, well, well, well
A
F#m
D
E
D/a
A
D/a
A
Who's going to cure the heart of a man in need? (Man in need) All of my friends don't comprehend me Their kind of style, it just offends me I want to take 'em, I want to shake 'em 'Til they pay me some heed You've got to ride in one direction Until you find the right connection You know it's so hard, so, so, so It's so hard to find, well, well Who's going to cure the heart of a man in need? (Man in need)
Solo over verse and chorus chords
Who's going to give you real happiness? Who's going to give you contentedness? Who's going to lead you? Who's going to feed you? And cut you free? Well, I've sailed every ship in the sea But I travelled this world in misery You know it's so hard, it's so hard It's so hard to find, well, well Who's going to cure the heart of a man in need? (Man in need)
E
F#m
D
Well, who's going to shoe your feet?
E
F#m
D
Who's going to pay your rent?
E
F#m
D
And who's going to stand by you? well, well, well, well
A
F#m
D
E
F#m
/g
/g#
Who's going to cure the heart of a man in need?
A
F#m
D
E
D/a
A
D/a
A
(Man in need)
D/a
A
Of a man in need?

Just The Motion

Capo:
II
G
C
G
D
C
When you're rocked on the ocean
C
G
Rocked up and down don't worry
C
When you're spinning and turning
C
G
Round and round don't worry
Em
You're just feeling seasick
D
You're just feeling weak
Bm
Your mind is confused
C
C
And you can't seem to speak
G
C
It's just the motion
G
Dsus4
D
It's just the motion When the landlord is knocking And your job is losing don't worry When the baby needs rocking And your friends are confusing don't worry You're just feeling seasick You're just feeling weak Your mind is confused And you can't seem to speak Oh, It's just the motion It's just the motion
D
C
Blown by a hundred winds
Bm
A
Knocked down a hundred times
C
Bm
A
Rescued and carried along
G
C
Beaten and half-dead and gone
Em
A
Em
A
And it's only the pain that's keeping you sane
Em
A
D
And gives you a mind to travel on Oh the motion won't leave you Won't let you remain Don't worry It's a restless wind And a sleepless rain, Don't worry Under the ocean At the bottom of the sea You can't hear the storm It's as peaceful as can be Mmm hmm, It's just the motion It's just the motion
Guitar solo
Blown by a hundred winds Knocked down a hundred times Rescued and carried along Beaten and half-dead and gone And it's only the pain that's keeping you sane And gives you the mind to travel on Oh the motion won't leave you Won't let you remain Don't worry It's a restless wind And a sleepless rain, Don't worry 'Cause Under the ocean At the bottom of the sea You can't hear the storm It's as peaceful as can be Mmm hmm, It's just the motion It's just the motion It's just the motion It's just the motion
G
C
G
D

Shoot Out The Lights

D/a
E5
D/f#
E5
D/f#
E5
D/a
E5
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E
D/f#
E
In the dark who can see his face?
E
D/f#
E
In the dark, who can reach him?
E
D/f#
E
He hides like a child
E
A
B
He hides like a child
B
A
B
Keeps his finger on the trigger
B/f#
C#m
He can't stand the day
E
E
E/g#
D/f#
E
Shoot out the lights
E
E
E/g#
D/f#
E
Shoot out the lights Keep the blind down on the window Keep the pain on the inside Just watching the dark Just watching the dark And he might laugh but you won't see him As he thunders through the night Shoot out the Lights Shoot out the Lights
Solo over verse chords
In the darkness the shadows move In the darkness the game is real Real as a gun Real as a gun As he watches the streets of the city And he moves through the night Shoot out the lights Shoot out the lights Shoot out the lights
Solo over verse chords

Back Street Slide

D
F
D
F
D
F
A7
D
F
D
F
D
F
G
D
F
D
F
Those backstreet women, watch what you say
G
You turn your back and they slide away
D
F
D
F
They run next door, they give it all away
G
D
A7
Doing the slide
D
F
D
F
The backstreet slide, the backstreet slide
G
F
They're gonna get you, dead or alive
D
F
D
F
Stab you in the back with a kitchen knife
G
Em
Doing the backstreet slide
C
D
F
D
F
Do it all day, do the backstreet slide Gatemouth woman leaning on the fence She's got no teeth, she's got no sense You don't need much intelligence Doing the slide The backstreet slide, the backstreet slide They're gonna get you, dead or alive Stab you in the back with a kitchen knife Doing the backstreet slide Do it all day, do the backstreet slide Slide over here, slide over there Spreading that scandal everywhere Stab you in the back and they just don't care Doing the slide Now slander is a loving tongue They speak your name to everyone Never is a curse left unsung Doing the slide The backstreet slide, the backstreet slide They're gonna get you, dead or alive Stab you in the back with a kitchen knife Doing the backstreet slide Do it all day, do the backstreet slide
A
G
F
E
D
x4
D
C
D
A
x2
A
G
F
E
D
x4

Did She Jump Or Was She Pushed?

Dm7* x5301x
Bm+ x2403x
Dm7*
Bm+
x2
Dm7*
Bm+
She was there one minute, and then she was gone the next
Dm7*
Bm+
Lying in a pool of herself with a twisted neck
G
Oh she fell from the roof to the ground
G#m
There was glass lying all around
Dm
C
Bb
A
She was broken in a hundred pieces when her body was found
Dm7*
Bm+
She used to live life, she used to live life with a vengeance
Dm7*
Bm+
And the chosen would dance, the chosen would dance in attendance
C
G
F
She crossed a lot of people
G
F
Some she called friends
G
She thought she'd live forever
F
But forever always ends
Dm
G
Did she jump or was she pushed? Did she jump or was she pushed? Did she jump or was she pushed?
Guitar solo over verse chords
She used to have style, she used to have style and she used it And they say it turned bad, when the truth cam round she refused it They found some fingerprints Right around her throat They didn't find no killer And they didn't find no note Did she jump or was she pushed? Did she jump or was she pushed? Did she jump or was she pushed?

Wall Of Death

G
C
x4
G
C
G
Csus4
G
Let me ride on the wall of death one more time
/g
/f#
Em
C
D
Let me ride on the wall of death one more time
C
You can waste your time on the other rides
D
But this is the nearest to being alive
G
Em
C
D
G
Csus4
G
Let me take my chances on the wall of death You can go with the crazy people in the crooked house You can fly away on the rocket or spin in the mouse The tunnel of love might amuse you And Noah's Ark might confuse you But let me take my chances on the wall of death
Em
Bm
On the wall of death
Em
Bm
Am
All the world is far from me
Em
Bm
On the wall of death
Em
Bm
C
D
It's the nearest to being free Well you're going nowhere when you ride on the carousel And maybe you're strong, but what's the good of ringing a bell The switch-back will make you crazy Beware of the bearded lady Oh let me take my chances on the wall of death
Instrumental middle eight
Let me ride on the wall of death one more time Let me ride on the wall of death one more time You can waste your time on the other rides But this is the nearest to being alive Let me take my chances on the wall of death Let me take my chances on the wall of death Let me take my chances on the wall of death
G
Em
C
D
C
Let me take my chances on the wall of death
Em
G
Em
D
G