Blinded By The Light Chords

See performance notes at the end...
 
 
Intro:  F/A Gm F   Bb F/A Gm F
 
Bb             F/A           Gm                        F
Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Bb             F/A           Gm                        F
Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
C11            F/C           C11                      F/C                 C11 F/C C11 F/C
Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
 
C11                      F/C                          C11          F/C
Madman drummers bummers, Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat
        C11                         F/C                 C11          F/C
In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps his way into his hat
        C11                     F/C                    C11                  F/C
With a boulder on my shoulder, feelin' kinda older, I tripped the merry-go-round
          C11               F/C                       C11                      F/C
With this very unpleasin', sneezin' and wheezin, the calliope crashed to the ground
 
Bb F/A Gm F C
             The calliope crashed to the ground, but she was
 
Bb             F/A           Gm                        F
Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Bb             F/A           Gm                        F
Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Bb             F/A           Gm                        F
Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
C11            F/C           C11                       F/C
Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
 
     C11                     F/C            C11                    F/C
Some silicone sister with a manager mister, told me I got what it takes
               C11                  F/C                        C11                  F/C
She said "I'll turn you on Sonny to something strong, play the song with the funky break"
    C11                 F/C                              C11                   F/C
And Go-cart Mozart was checkin' out the weather chart to see if it was safe outside
    C11                        F/C                     C11                     F/C
And Little Early-Pearly came by in his curly-wurly and asked me if I needed a ride
 
Bb F/A Gm F C
              Asked me if I needed a ride, but she was
 
Bb             F/A           Gm                        F
Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Bb             F/A    Dm
Blinded by the light
 
C                                                  Bb                  F/A
She got down but she never got tired, she's gonna make it through the night
             Gm                  Dm
She's gonna make it through the night
 
Solo: C Bb Dm   ( F C/E Dm C Bb C ) x5
 
    Dm                      F     C/E Dm C Bb C      Dm                      F     C/E
But Mama, that's where the fun is,              but Mama, that's where the fun is
Dm           C                            Bb
Mama always told me not to look into the eye's of the sun
    Dm                      C        Bb F/A Gm F   Bb F/A Gm F   Bb F/A Gm F  C11 F/C C11 F/C
But Mama, that's where the fun is
 
      C11                F/C                       C11              F/C
Some brimstone baritone anticyclone rolling stone preacher from the east
        C11                     F/C                         C11                         F/C
Says, "Dethrone the dictaphone, hit it in it's funny bone, that's where they expect it least"
         C11                     F/C                    C11                       F/C
And some new-mown chaperone was standin' in the corner, watching the young girls dance
         C11                       F/C                            C11               F/C
And some fresh-sown moonstone was messin' with his frozen zone, reminding him of romance!!
 
Bb F/A Gm F  C
               The calliope crashed to the ground, but she was
 
Bb              F/A          Gm                        F
Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Bb              F/A          Gm                        F
Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
 
 Bb                      F/A                           Gm           F
Madman drummers bummers, Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat
       Bb                          F/A                  Gm            F
In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps his way into his hat
        Bb                     F/A                     Gm                    F
With a boulder on my shoulder, feelin' kinda older, I tripped the merry-go-round
          Bb                F/A                       Gm                       F
With this very unpleasin', sneezin' and wheezin, the calliope crashed to the ground
 
     C11                    F/C                             C11                    F/C
Now Scott with a slingshot finally found a tender spot and throws his lover in the sand
          C11                          F/C                             C11                  F/C
And some bloodshot forget-me-not said daddy's within earshot save the buckshot, turn up the band
     C11                    F/C            C11                   F/C
Some silicone sister with a manager mister told me I got what it takes
               C11                  F/C         Dm
She said "I'll turn you on sonny to something strong"
C                                                  Bb                   F
She got down but she never got tired, she's gonna make it, through the night
 
 
 
 Chords:
(note, you could also keep the bass moving if you want instead of using only C bass in verse)
 
  F/A  C11 F/C
e--1----3---1-------------------------------------------------
B--1----3---1-------------------------------------------------
G--2----3---2-------------------------------------------------
D--3----3---3-------------------------------------------------
A--0----3---3-------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
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