Chords for The Trammps - (The Night The Lights Went Out In) New York City • TopPop

Tempo:
122.25 bpm
Chords used:

Dm

Eb

G

F

Gm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Trammps - (The Night The Lights Went Out In) New York City • TopPop chords
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[Bb]
[Eb] [Dm] [G]
[Dm] [C] [F]
[G]
[Dm] [F]
[G] [Eb]
[Gm] [F] [Eb] I [Bb] remember [Dm] on the 13th of July, [G] the only light was the light up in the sky.
[Eb] New York had a blackout, [F] but 25 miles or more, [Gm] and nobody really knows [G] the reason why.
[Cm] Somebody pulled a plug [Dm] out of the socket, the socket.
[Cm] For safe, safe I went to door to [Bb] lock, to lock [Eb] it.
So I took my [G] hand and [Cm] cut to the line man, line man, [C] line man.
[G]
Where were you [Dm] when the lights [C] went out [F] in New York [G] City?
I'm over the town, yeah.
Where were you [Dm] when the lights [C] went out [F] in New [C] York City?
Don't you know [Eb] that I was [Bb] making [Dm] love?
[Eb] Oh, sweet sweet [Dm] love.
[Eb]
[Bb] Strip the bar, [Dm] we'll stand at the door.
[Gm] [F] Innocent girls will rob [Gm] all their hearts.
[Eb]
Population's gonna [F] grow in nine months or [G] so.
Where will all the little bitty babies go?
[Cm] The politician said [Dm] it was a pity, a pity.
[Cm] But that's what they call [F] a young love city, love city.
So I took my lady by [G] the hand and [Cm] left her to love man, love man, [F] love man.
[G]
Where were you when the lights went [C] out [F] in New York [G] City?
I'm over the town, yeah.
Where were you when [Dm] the lights went out [F] in New York [G] City?
Don't you [Eb] know that I [Gm] was making [F] love?
[Eb] Oh, sweet [Gm] sweet [Dm] love.
[Gm]
[Bb] [Eb]
[G] Where were you [Dm] when the lights went out [F] in New York [G] City?
I'm over the town, yeah.
Where [Dm] were you when the lights went out [F] in New York [G] City?
Don't you know [Eb] that I was making [Dm] love?
Oh, [Eb] sweet sweet [Dm] love.
[Eb] I'm all alone, [F] had my baby by [Eb] my hand.
[Dm] And I left her to love man,
Key:  
Dm
2311
Eb
12341116
G
2131
F
134211111
Gm
123111113
Dm
2311
Eb
12341116
G
2131
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To learn The Trammps - The Night The Lights Went Out chords, focus on the sequence of these chords: C, G, Dm, Eb, Bb, Eb, F and G. A strategic approach would be to train at 61 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 122. Considering the song's key of Db Minor, position your capo to suit your vocal and chord preferences.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] I [Bb] remember [Dm] on the 13th of July, [G] the only light was the light up in the sky.
_ _ [Eb] New York had a blackout, [F] but 25 miles or more, [Gm] and nobody really knows [G] the reason why.
_ [Cm] Somebody pulled a plug [Dm] out of the socket, the socket.
[Cm] For safe, safe I went to door to [Bb] lock, to lock [Eb] it.
So I took my _ [G] _ _ hand and [Cm] cut to the line man, line man, [C] line man.
_ [G] _
Where were you [Dm] when the lights [C] went out [F] in New York [G] City?
I'm over the town, yeah.
Where were you [Dm] when the lights [C] went out [F] in New [C] York City?
Don't you know [Eb] that I was [Bb] making _ [Dm] love?
_ [Eb] Oh, sweet sweet [Dm] love.
_ _ _ [Eb] _
[Bb] Strip the bar, [Dm] we'll stand at the door.
[Gm] [F] Innocent girls will rob [Gm] all their hearts.
_ [Eb] _
Population's gonna [F] grow in nine months or [G] so.
Where will all the little bitty babies go?
_ _ [Cm] The politician said [Dm] it was a pity, a pity.
[Cm] But that's what they call [F] a young love city, love city.
So I took my lady by [G] the hand and [Cm] left her to love man, love man, [F] love man.
[G] _
Where were you when the lights went [C] out [F] in New York [G] City?
I'm over _ _ _ the town, yeah.
Where were you when [Dm] the lights went out [F] in New York [G] City?
Don't you [Eb] know that I [Gm] was making _ [F] love?
_ [Eb] Oh, sweet [Gm] sweet [Dm] love.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] Where were you [Dm] when the lights went out [F] in New York [G] City?
I'm over the _ _ town, yeah.
Where [Dm] were you when the lights went out [F] in New York _ [G] City?
Don't you know [Eb] that I was making [Dm] love?
_ Oh, [Eb] sweet sweet [Dm] love.
_ _ [Eb] I'm all alone, _ _ [F] had my baby by [Eb] my hand.
_ _ [Dm] _ And I left her to love man,

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