Bright Lights

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

BRIGHT LIGHTS                  MATCHBOX 20

KEY OF E


 5   -5 -6b -5   5
She got out of town

-3b -3b -4  4   -4   4   4
On  a rail-way New York bound

  4   5  -5  -6b -5  5
Took all ex-cept my name

-3b 4  -4 -4 4  4  4   4    -2
An-oth-er al-i-en on Broad-way

  4   -5    -5   -5   5   -5b
Well some things in this world

 5    5    -4    -4
You just can't change

 -4    -4    -4   5    -4
Some-things you can't see

 4  4  -3  5    -4   4
Un-til it gets too late

(CHORUS)

 5  -8 -8   7  7 -5b  5
And Ba-by, ba-by, ba-by

  5   5   -5   -5b  5  -5b
When all your love is gone

-5b  5    -5  -5b
Who will save me

  5  -5b  5 -5b 5  -5b    5   4   4   4
From all I'm up a-gainst out in this world

 5   -8 -8   7  7   -5b  5
And May-be, may-be, may-be

  -5b   -5   -5b   5
You'll find some-thing

 -5b   5  -5b   5  -5  -5b
That's e-nough to keep you

 5 -5b  5   -5b    -5b    -5b   5   -5  -5b
But if the bright lights don't re-ceive you

 4    4      5   -5b   -5 -6b 7
You should turn your-self a-round

-6b  -5 -5b  5
And come on home

VERSE 2

-6b -5 5  -6b -5 -5  5
I  got a hole in me now

 -4  5  5  5  -4  4 -3b   4  4  -3b
Hey, I got a scar I can talk a-bout

-6b   -5  5 -6b  -5  -5  5
She keeps a pic-ture of me

-3  4 -4  -4   -4  -4  4   4 -4
In her a-part-ment in the cit-y

 4   -6b   -5   -5   5   -5b
But some things in this world

 5     5   -5b    5    -4
Man, they don't make sense

 -4    -4    5    5    5
Some things you don't need

 4  4    5     5   4
Un-til they leave you

  4  -3b    4     4  -3b  -4
Then the things that you miss

(CHORUS)

 8    8   -8 7  -8   -8 -7   -6b  7  -6b
Let that cit-y take you in, come on home

 8    8   -8 7  -8   -8 -7   -6b  7  -6b
Let that cit-y spit you out, come on home

8    8    -8 7  -8   8    -7   -6b  
Let that cit-y take you down, yeah

 -7   8     8    8  -9  8
For God's sake turn a-round

(CHORUS)

-8 -8   7  7 -5b  5
Ba-by, ba-by, ba-by

 -6b  7  -6b
Come on home

 -6b   -6b  7  -6b  -6b   -6b  7  -6b
Yeah, come on home Yeah, come on home

ENJOY!!
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