Northern Lights Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays467

Northern Lights by 30 Seconds To Mars is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, G, D and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
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16
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Intro

D||----------------------------------|---------0-0-0-0-0-----------------| 
A||----------------------------------|---------0-0-0-0-0-----------------| 
F||----------------------------------|---------0-0-0-0-0-----------------| 
C||--------------------2-------------|---------2-2-2-2-2-----0-----------| 
G||--------5-----0-----2-------------|---------2-2-2-2-2-----2-----------| 
D||----0--3-----2------0-------------|-----------------------3-----------| 



Verse: 
  
 Don't ever take a single second to breathe 
They're gonna send me on a murdering spree 
I cannot wait to dance upon your grave 
They don't even have a soul left to be saved 
But you believe when you're young 


    Em   
We swam among the northern lights 
    G   
And hid beyond the edge of night 
  D   
Waiting for the dawn to come 
    Am 
And sang a song 
    Am 
To save us all 



Verse: 
  
 I am alive, I'm just playing dead 
I'm gonna say what should have never been said 
The giants of the world are crashing down 
The end is near, I hear the trumpets sound 
    Em   G                  D 
But you believe when you're young 
   
    Em   
We swam among the northern lights 
    G   
And hid beyond the edge of night 
  D   
Waiting for the dawn to come 
    Am 
And sang a song 
    Am 
To save us all 

 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante