All The Lights John Stewart

All The Lights

Written by John Stewart.

This is the version from "Trancas" (1984), where John plays it in E. I have it in C, so capo on 4th fret if you want to play along with the CD. The song is also on "Deep in the Neon" (1991), where it is part of the 'Never Going Back' medley (in G there, "spacing" of chords a bit different) and on "Johnny Moonlight"(2000), in D there. I worked out an "accentuate the bass strings" accompaniment, based very loosely on what John plays in the last verse (and partly echoing the background vocals on that verse). I only use those bass runs for the instrumental parts and the last verse, playing the same runs throughout would be somewhat monotonous. To make it easier to see what I mean, I´ll write out one verse with bass runs first and then add the whole songs with chords only. Jan Hauenstein.

And (F/D)all (F)the (C/E)towns,(C/E)(C/D)(C)

And (C/D)all (C/E)the (G/D)wheels(G/D)(G/C)(G/B)

(G)Tur(G/D)ning (C/E)´round,(C/E)(C/D)(C)

(C)And (C/D)all (C/E)the (F)stars,(F)(F/E)(F/D)

If you (F/D)count (F)´em (C/E)down,(C/E)(C/D)(C)

They´re (C/D)less (C/E)than (G/D)love(G/D)(G/C)(G/B)

That (G)one (G/D)heart´s (C/E)found,(C/E)(C/D)(C)

(C/D)Less (C/E)than (F)love(F)(F/E)(G/D)

(G)That (G/B)one (G/D)heart´s (C)found.(C/D)(C/E)(C)

Instrumental verse

(C)All the (F)lights and all the (C)towns

And all the (G)wheels turning (C)´round,

And all the (F)stars, if you count ´em (C)down,

They´re less than (G)love that one heart´s (C)found,

Less than (F)love (G) that one heart´s (C)found.

And all the (F)songs that were ever (C)sung

And all the (G)dreams that keep you (C)young,

And all the (F)bells that were ever (C)rung,

Are less than (G)love when one heart´s (C)stung,

Less than (F)love (G) when one heart´s (C)stung.

-Instr. verse-

All the (F)years and all good-(C)byes

And all the (G)times that we just don´t (C)try,

And all the (F)dreams that will never (C)die

Are less than (G)love where two hearts (C)lie,

Less than (F)love (G) where two hearts (C)lie.

All the (F)lights and all the (C)towns

And all the (G)wheels turning (C)´round,

And all the (F)stars, if you count ´em (C)down,

They´re less than (G)love that one heart´s (C)found,

Less than (F)love (G) that one heart´s (C)found.

-Instr. verse-

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