Guiding Light

From the Television album Marquee Moon

Music and Lyrics: Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd

Transcribed by: Andrew Taylor (taylorar@aston.ac.uk)
Lyrics:

  B       E         B       E
|-----7-----------|-----7-----------|
|-------------9-7-|-------------9-7-|
|---9---9---9-----|---9---9---9-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-------7-------|-7-------7-------|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

Do I, do I
belong to the night
Only only
only tonight

  F#      B         F#      B
|-----2-----------|-----2-----------|
|-------------4-2-|-------------4-2-|
|---3---3---4-----|---3---3---4-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

All the ladies
stay inside
Time may freeze,
a world could cry
 

  C#      F#
|-----------------|
|-4---------------|
|---4---------4-6-|
|-----4-----6-----|
|-------6-7-------|
|-----------------|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

All this night
running out
I hear the whispers
I hear the shouts
And though they never
cry for help


B       F#    
Guiding light

B       F#
Guiding light

B       F#            B
Guiding through these nights


Solo

  B
|---/----/\---------------------------|
|-14---14---12---/17-16-12------------|
|----------------------------11^13-11-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|


|---/----/\---------------------------|
|-14---14---12---/17-16-12------------|
|----------------------------11^13-11-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|


                F#
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------/\----------------------------------------|
|-11^13--11^13--15--13---11-16-15-11----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------11^13^11--13^11-14-13----|
|------------------------------------------------------------14-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

  F#
|-----------------------|
|-------/\--------------|
|-15--13---11-16-15-11--|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|

Lyrics

Do I, do I belong to the night
Only only only tonight
All the ladies stay inside
Time may freeze, a world could cry
All this night running out
I hear the whispers I hear the shouts
And though they never cry for help

Tell me who sends these infamous gifts
To make such a promise and make such a slip
Oh no, can't pull a trick
Never the rose without the prick
Hh, but tell me how do I say
I woke up and it was yesterday
Do I again face this night

Guiding light
Guiding light
Guiding through these nights

Solo

Darling darling, do we part like the seas
The roaring shell, the drifting of the leaves
All intent remains unknown
It's time to sit up, up on the throne
It's seen before but it's always new
So look close and see who's come through
Never again to face this night

Guiding light
Guiding light
Guiding through these nights

Solo