Oct192017

Julien Baker – Turn Out The Lights On Piano, Guitar, Ukulele and Keyboard

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C Cmaj7
There’s a hole in the dry wall,
Fmaj7
still not fixed.
C Cmaj7 Fmaj7
I just haven’t gotten around to it
Am C
and besides, I’m starting to get used to the gaps.

[Interlude]
C Cmaj7 C Fmaj7

C Fmaj7 C
Say wish you could find some way to live
Fmaj7
to be so hard on myself,
Am C
so why is it easy for everyone else.
Am
I’m not always like this,
C
there’s always tomorrow, I guess.

[Interlude] 2x
C Cmaj7 C Fmaj7

C Fmaj7
And I never do it but it’s not a joke.
C Fmaj7
I can’t tell the difference when I’m all alone.
Am C
Is it real or a dream, which is worse, can you help me?
Am C
I just wanted to go to sleep.

[Bridge]
C Fmaj7 C
When I turn out the lights. When I turn out the lights.
Fmaj7 C G Fmaj7 C G C
There’s no one left between myself and me.

[Interlude]
C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 Am Fmaj7 C

C
But when I turn out the lights.
Fmaj7 C
When I turn out the lights.
Fmaj7 Am Fmaj7 C
When I turn out the lights, oh
Dm C G Dm C G
there’s no one left between myself and me.

How to play Turn Out The Lights: key, chords and progression

Turn Out The Lights by Julien Baker is centred on C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 6 chords: C, Cmaj7, Fmaj7, Am, G and Dm.

Listen for Fmaj7 – C – Fmaj7 – Am (IVmaj7 – I – IVmaj7 – vi in C major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is fah – doh – fah – lah. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.