When The Lights Go Out Chords & Tabs
When The Lights Go Out Bass Tab
From what I can tell it starts on an upbeat played fairly fast
G|--|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|--|----------------|----4-442-22----|----------------|----4-442-22-2-4|
A|--|----------------|------------4-4-|----------------|----------------|
E|0-|2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-|2-2-------------|2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-|2-2-------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----4-442-22----|----------------|----4-442-22-2-4|
A|----------------|------------4-4-|----------------|----------------|
E|2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-|2-2-------------|2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-|2-2-------------|
A section
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----4-442-22----|----------------|----4-442-22-2-4|
A|----------------|------------4-4-|----------------|----------------|
E|2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-|2-2-------------|2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-|2-2-------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bruce_springsteen/when_the_lights_go_out_btab.html ]
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----4-442-22----|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|------------4-4-|----------------|--------------6h|
E|2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-|2-2-------------|2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-|--2-2-2---------|
(hammer on to next note in the B section)
B section
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|7---------------|--------------6h|7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|--------------6h|
E|--------------5h|7-------7-7-7---|--------------5h|7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|----------------|----------------|
E|--------------5h|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|5-5-5-5-4-4-2-0-|
And then
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------| X2 (note the 1 bar rest)
E|2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-|----------------|
Repeat the A and the B sections
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----4-442-22----|----------------|----4-442-22-2-4|
A|----------------|------------4-4-|----------------|----------------|
E|2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-|2-2-------------|2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-|2-2-------------|
C section (only played once throughout the song
G|----------------|----------------| |----------------|
D|----------------|----------------| |----------------|
A|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------| X3 |----------------| X2
E|----------------|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
The rest of the song basically consists of the A and B sections
however there are some repeats of certain bars here and there, but
nothing that isn't easily spottable.