Biography:
American band The Afghan Whigs were a soul-influenced, alternative rock band that was mainly active in the 1990s. While achieving only moderate commercial success, the Afghan Whigs attracted ample critical acclaim and deeply loyal fans, Rolling Stone described the band as spending “the bulk of their career on the brink of stardom”, yet they’ve “never quite broken beyond a substantial legion of devotees enamored of their thinly veiled sleaze.”
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Pick used throughout
E|-----------------------------------------------------
B|-----5-----5------5-----5------5----5------5----5-
G|-----6-----6------4-----4------2----2------2----2----
D|-----6-----6------6-----6------6----6------6----6
A|--4-----4------2-----2------0-----0-----0----------------
E|----------------------------------------------4----0---
[This song is mostly played on keybord. The above pick replicates the part]
[These chords can be played instead]
[Intro]
C#m B A A/G# E x2
[Verse 1]
C#m B
It was sabotage until-
A A/G# E
Dream transcended purpose
C#m B A A/G# E
In time the revelator comes for thee
C#m B A
Who cut the demons down?
A/G# E
Laid bare to show you how-
C#m B A A/G# E
One comes a distant memory
B A
Play dead for a moment, child ...
[Verse 2]
C#m
I wanna go deep down-
B A
To where my soul lets go
A A/G# E
And take my fantasy
C#m B A
And lay it on the table
A A/G# E
And are you gonna
[Chorus]
C#m B
see the light? Or are you gonna
A A/G# E
be the light?
C#m B
I wanna free the light- And lose
A A/G# E
control And lose
C#sus2 C#m B Bsus4 A5addD# A5
control
C#sus2 C#m B Bsus4 A5/D# A5 A5/D# A5
[Verse 3]
C#sus2 C#m B Bsus4
Here come flat top candy cane
A5/D# A5 A/G# E
He come slitherin' down again
C#sus2 C#m B Bsus4 A5/D# A5 A/G# E
If I'm on fire- Then you best follow me home
C#sus2 C#m B Bsus4
If black is invisible, baby-
A5/D# A5 A/G# E
And fact indivisible, baby-
[Chorus]
C#sus2 C#m
Be the light-
B Bsus4
O, Iord
A5/D# A5
Free the light
A5/D# A5
O, lord
B
Day not wasted-
A
Dream not tasted
B A
There's no faking lust this time
C#sus2 C#m B Bsus4 A5/D# A5 A5/D# A5
Be the light- Free the light
-And so it goes
-And so it goes
E|-----------------------------------------------------
B|-----5-----5------5-----5------5----5------5----5-
G|-----6-----6------4-----4------2----2------2----2----
D|-----6-----6------6-----6------6----6------6----6
A|--4-----4------2-----2------0-----0-----0----------------
E|----------------------------------------------4----0---
[This song is mostly played on keybord. The above pick replicates the part]
[These chords can be played instead]
[Intro]
C#m B A A/G# E x2
[Verse 1]
C#m B
It was sabotage until-
A A/G# E
Dream transcended purpose
C#m B A A/G# E
In time the revelator comes for thee
C#m B A
Who cut the demons down?
A/G# E
Laid bare to show you how-
C#m B A A/G# E
One comes a distant memory
B A
Play dead for a moment, child ...
[Verse 2]
C#m
I wanna go deep down-
B A
To where my soul lets go
A A/G# E
And take my fantasy
C#m B A
And lay it on the table
A A/G# E
And are you gonna
[Chorus]
C#m B
see the light? Or are you gonna
A A/G# E
be the light?
C#m B
I wanna free the light- And lose
A A/G# E
control And lose
C#sus2 C#m B Bsus4 A5addD# A5
control
C#sus2 C#m B Bsus4 A5/D# A5 A5/D# A5
[Verse 3]
C#sus2 C#m B Bsus4
Here come flat top candy cane
A5/D# A5 A/G# E
He come slitherin' down again
C#sus2 C#m B Bsus4 A5/D# A5 A/G# E
If I'm on fire- Then you best follow me home
C#sus2 C#m B Bsus4
If black is invisible, baby-
A5/D# A5 A/G# E
And fact indivisible, baby-
[Chorus]
C#sus2 C#m
Be the light-
B Bsus4
O, Iord
A5/D# A5
Free the light
A5/D# A5
O, lord
B
Day not wasted-
A
Dream not tasted
B A
There's no faking lust this time
C#sus2 C#m B Bsus4 A5/D# A5 A5/D# A5
Be the light- Free the light
-And so it goes
-And so it goes
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