The Beacon Chords

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The Beacon by A Fine Frenzy is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, Em and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
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16
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(Intro) D  G  D  Em  D 

              D 
You say your time has come 
                 A 
You're tired of waking up 
             G                D 
Don't be obscene  I can't conceive of 
           A 
Living without you 

              D 
You say you drag me down 
               A 
No one should want you now 
                  G              D 
When I start to cry  you kiss my eyes and say 
           A 
I'm not allowed to 

 Em            A 
Burning beacon in the night 
       D                 G 
Can't feel its heat  or see its light 
      Em         A 
That single solitary guide 
    D                G 
it must get lonely there sometimes 

             D 
You were a child forgot 
            A 
Lessons of love untaught 
           G                 D 
Now no embrace can quite replace 
                    A 
The one that never found you 

              D 
I was raised tenderly 
              A 
All that was taught to me 
           G                 D 
I will apply  your parents tried 
                      A 
but they didn't know how to 

 Em            A 
Burning beacon in the night 
       D                 G 
Can't feel its heat  or see its light 
      Em         A 
That single solitary guide 
    D                G               D   G   D   G   D 
it must get lonely there sometimes 

         G           D 
Let me stand by you 
              G     D 
The honor is mine 
              G      D 
Let me stand by you 
           G                                 D     G   D   G 
Loneliest light  loneliest light  loneliest light 

 Em            A 
Burning beacon in the night 
       D                 G 
Can't feel its heat  or see its light 
      Em         A 
That single solitary guide 
    D                G              D 
it must get lonely there sometimes 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante