Somebody Turned On The Light
Hoyt Axton


     G        C      G
I've been to wild Montana,
     C              G
I went there in a storm.
              C     Bb  F
My boots were Texas leather, mm
                 C
My Levis wet and torn.


G         C        G    C  G  C
I loved it in Montana,
                  G      C
I loved it in the storm.
    G                C       Bb  F
I think I'm gonna cross that river, mm
                   C
I just might be reborn.


C                           Bb
New York, New York, winter, sixty-one.
F                       C  F  C
Takin' me a city ride.
                      Bb
Somebody tall must of put out the light,
          F                 G    C
'Cause it got real dark outside.


G      C                       Bb
And I never saw the sun until seventy-one,
      C          F          C    F  C
But I never gave up the fight.
                           Bb
An' I sure was glad when I saw the dawn,
    F
And somebody turned on the light.
TACET                    C    F  C  F  C
Somebody turned on the light.


                    Dm
Whiskey, dope, and fast red cars,
        F                              C  F
Well, I couldn't see to read the signs.
C                     Bb
Somebody said, "Whose life is this?"
  F                         G  C  G
I said that it can't be mine.


       C                      Bb
An' I never saw the sun until seventy-one,
      C          F          C  F
But I never gave up the fight,
C                          Bb
An' I sure was glad when I saw the dawn,
     F
And somebody turned on the light.
TACET                    C  F  C
Somebody turned on the light.



INSTRUMENTAL
F  C  G  C  G  Eb  Ab  Eb  Bb  F  Bb  F  C


          C
When the world is wrong,
            Bb
you'd better right yourself,
      F                    C  F
It'll make the dark clouds fly.


C                    Bb
And nobody tall can put out the light,
      F                    G  C
Just don't let the spirit die.
G           C                     Bb
An' if you never see the sun 'til ninety-one,
          F                  C  F
Don't-cha never give up the fight.
C                     Bb
Sure be glad when you see the dawn,
        F
And somebody turns on the light.
                      C      F  C  F  C
Somebody turns on the light.