HOUSE OF BLUE LIGHTS     (Ed Volker)

Intro: D C G  G F D
       D C G  G F D

D
See the sunset dyin'
C    G       D
Baby I wanna go
D
See the people cryin'
C    G         D
Baby don't you know
G7                 D7
That the noise and heat
G7                    D7
A combo that can't be beat
D           F        E             Eb            D       G
Reelin' and rockin', lovin' at the house of blue lights
                 D C G  G F D  D C G  G F D
House of blue lights

D
Say baby, I'm a sailor
C    G           D
Just in from the sea
D
You ask me, I tell you
C     G       D 
Where I wanna be
G7                D7
I been servin' it up
G7                    D7
Now I'm gonna fill my cup
D           F        E             Eb               D C  G F  D
Reelin' and rockin', lovin' at the house of blue lights


BRIDGE:
G7                               D7
When they hit the lights and the band cuts loose
G7                       D7
Gonna grab the neck of a long-legged goose
G7                            D7
When they start hittin' those notes so sharp
      E                             A
Gonna dance like a chicken with his head chopped off


Instrumental: same chords as 2nd verse

[repeat BRIDGE]

        D
See the bright lights shinin'
C    G          D
Lord ain't they fine
D
Feel the glory comin'
C    G         D
It's yours and mine
G7              D7
You do what you will
G7                        D7
Everybody gonna get their fill
D           F        E             Eb            D       G
Reelin' and rockin', lovin' at the house of blue lights
              D       G
House of blue lights
                       D C G  G F D  D C  G F  D
At the house of blue...


Ending:
              D7     G7  
House of blue lights

(repeat several times, then end with:)

D  F  E  Eb      D


transcribed by Alan Sigman (alansigman@earthlink.net)
please email me with any corrections or different interpretations.