Learn how to play There Is A Light That Never Goes Out by The Smiths. "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" is a song by the English rock band the Smiths, written by guitarist Johnny Marr and singer Morrissey.

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

Songs/by The Smiths
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F# Minor Chord

Notes

  • F#,
  • C#,
  • A

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Songs / How to play

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

by The Smiths
Beginner

Chords

Capo required on 4th fret

  • F#, C#, A
  • E, G#, C#, A
  • F#, B, D#
  • C#, G#, B, E
  • G#, E, B

Song structure

Intro

F#m  A  B

Verse

C#m7  B       C#m7 B  Amaj7    E  B
      Take me out --- tonight
                    C#m7              B
      Where there's music and there's people
              C#m7        B      Amaj7    E  B
      Who are young and alive
C#m7  B          C#m7      B 
      Driving in your car
  Amaj7                  E
I never never want to go home
  B               C#m7    B C#m7 B
Because I haven't got one
   Amaj7  E  B
Anymore

Verse

C#m7  B       C#m7 B  Amaj7    E  B
      Take me out --- tonight
          C#m7        B
because I want to see people and I
C#m7        B      Amaj7    E  B
want to see life
C#m7    B       C#m7      B 
Driving in your car
    Amaj7                E
Oh, please don't drop me home
  B              C#m7          B 
Because it's not my home, it's their home
        C#m7       B    Amaj7  E  B
and I'm welcome no more

Instrumental

F#m  Amaj7  B

Chorus

         E             C#m7
And if a double-decker bus
Amaj7
Crashes into us
B            E
   To die by your side
          Amaj7           F#m
is such a heavenly way to die
         E             C#m7
And if a ten-ton truck
Amaj7
Kills the both of us
B            E
   To die by your side, well
    Amaj7                     F#m
the pleasure the privilege is mine

Verse

C#m7  B       C#m7 B  Amaj7    E  B
      Take me out --- tonight
        C#m7              B
Take me anywhere, I don't care
        C#m7           B      Amaj7    E  B
I don't care, I don't care
           C#m7     B          C#m7
And in the darkened underpass
  B           Amaj7                            E   B
I thought 'Oh God, my chance has come at last'
           C#m7         B
but then a strange fear gripped me and I
C#m7          B    Amaj7  E  B
just couldn't ask

Verse

C#m7  B       C#m7 B  Amaj7    E  B
      Take me out --- tonight
        C#m7              B
Take me anywhere, I don't care
        C#m7           B      Amaj7    E  B
I don't care, I don't care
C#m7    B          C#m7 B
Driving in your car
  Amaj7                  E
I never never want to go home
  B               C#m7         B  C#m7  B
because I haven't got one
              C#m7      E  B
Oh, I haven't got one

Instrumental

F#m  Amaj7  B
Oh oh oh, oooh oh

Chorus

Repeat Chorus

Outro

Repeat until fade

C#m7       B            Amaj7       B
There is a light and it never goes out
Amaj7                   E          B
There is a light and it never goes out