Dark Sides Of The Bright Lights
Graham Parker Key
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A Asus2 A6 A Asus2 A Asus2 A6 A Asus2
Verse 1
A F#m G A
The party may wind down the bottles are strewn and broken
D Em7 A Asus2 A6 A Asus2
The games are all played out like useless tokens
A F#m G A
The videos are scattered their messages have screened and clattered
D Em7 A G
Discussing the actors as if they mattered they mattered
Chorus
C#m A C#m A
And I'm not gaining any ground here
C#m A F#m A
No I'm not listening you do not care
G#m7 A G#m7 A
We are not driving in the same gear
A A C A
It always feels the same on the dark side of the bright lights
D G D G
Getting turned off again
Verse 2
A F#m G A
The night's conversation might never really end up anywhere
D Em7 A Asus2 A6 A Asus2
The big mouths just open and close on fingers
A F#m G A
The shal-la-la-la-low laughs they turned out to be hard reminders
D Em7 A G
And we only heard them playing behind us behind us
Chorus
C#m A C#m A
And I'm not gaining any ground here
C#m A F#m A
You are not listening you do not care
G#m7 A G#m7 A
You are not whispering in the right ear
A A C A
It always feels the same on the dark side of the bright lights
D G D G
Getting turned off again
Bridge
A Asus2 C Cadd2
I can't stand it I can't stand it
A Asus2 C Cadd2 A Asus2
I can't even gain your attention
Instrumental
C#m A C#m A C#m A C#m A C#m A C#m F#m
Chorus
C#m A C#m A
And I'm not gaining any ground here
C#m A F#m A
You are not listening you do not care
G#m7 A G#m7 A
You are not whispering in the right ear
A A C A
It always feels the same on the dark side of the bright lights
Outro
C A
On this dark side of the bright lights
C A
On the dark side of the bright lights
D G D G
Getting turned off again
D G D G
Getting turned off again
D G D G D G D
Getting turned off again
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