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[Verse 1]

         E                C                 D
And your hands are really shakin' somethin' awful
         E                C           D
As you light your twenty-seventh cigarette
         E                 C              D
Oh, how long have you been sittin' in the darkness
       A
You forget...

         E                  C              D
Oh, you know you're gettin' really hard to be with
           E            C                D
And you're cryin' every time you turn around
         E             C                D
And you wonder why you cannot pick your head up
        A
Off the ground...


[Chorus]

E             C
Oh, my crazy baby
E               C
Try to hold on tight
E             C
Oh, my crazy baby
E                  C
Don't put out the light...
    D          A          E      C D E C D
The light, the light, the light


[Verse 2]

         E                C                     D
And they look at you like they don't speak your language
           E             C           D
And you're living at the bottom of a well
           E                 C            D
And you've swallowed all the awful bloody secrets
          A
You can't tell...

         E                C               D
Oh, you know you ought to get yourself together
         E             C                 D
But you cannot bear to walk outside your door
         E             C             D
No, you cannot bear to look into the mirror
   A
Anymore...


[Chorus]

E             C
Oh, my crazy baby
E               C
Try to hold on tight
E             C
Oh, my crazy baby
E                  C
Don't put out the light...
    D          A          E      C D E C D
The light, the light, the light


[Verse 3]

         E                C                 D
And your hands are really shakin' somethin' awful
         E              C                D
As your worries climb around inside your clothes
         E                C             D
Oh, how long will you be sittin' in the darkness
        A
Heaven knows...


[Chorus]

E             C
Oh, my crazy baby
E               C
Try to hold on tight
E             C
Oh, my crazy baby
E                  C
Don't put out the light...
     D          A          E
The light, the light, the light


[Outro]

     D          A          E
The light, the light, the light
     D          A         E
The light, the light, the light