[Strophe]
         E                C                 D 
And your hands are really shakin' somethin' awful 
         E                C           D 
As you light your twenty-seventh cigarette 
         E                 C              D 
Oh, how long have you been sittin' in the darkness 
       A 
You forget...  
         E                  C              D 
Oh, you know you're gettin' really hard to be with 
           E            C                D 
And you're cryin' every time you turn around 
         E             C                D 
And you wonder why you cannot pick your head up 
        A 
Off the ground...
[Refrain]
E      C     D 
Oh, my crazy baby 
E       C       D 
Try to hold on tight 
E       C     D 
Oh, my crazy baby 
E       C          D 
Don't put out the light... 
    A          D          E      C D E C D 
The light, the light, the light
[Strophe]
         E                C                     D 
And they look at you like they don't speak your language 
           E             C           D 
And you're living at the bottom of a well 
           E                 C            D 
And you've swallowed all the awful bloody secrets 
          A 
You can't tell...  
         E                C               D 
Oh, you know you ought to get yourself together 
         E             C                 D 
But you cannot bear to walk outside your door 
         E             C             D 
No, you cannot bear to look into the mirror 
   A 
Anymore...
[Refrain]
E      C     D 
Oh, my crazy baby 
E       C       D 
Try to hold on tight 
E       C     D 
Oh, my crazy baby 
E       C          D 
Don't put out the light... 
    A          D          E      C D E C D 
The light, the light, the light
[Strophe]
         E                C                 D 
And your hands are really shakin' somethin' awful 
         E              C                D 
As your worries climb around inside your clothes 
         E                C             D 
Oh, how long will you be sittin' in the darkness 
        A 
Heaven knows...
[Refrain]
 E      C     D 
Oh, my crazy baby 
E       C       D 
Try to hold on tight 
E       C     D 
Oh, my crazy baby 
E       C          D 
Don't put out the light... 
    A          D          E      C D E C D 
The light, the light, the light 
 
The light...