In The Light Chords
In The Light by Anthem Lights is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords D, E, F#m, A, Bm and C#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: D E F#m (2x)
Verse 1:
D E F#m
I keep trying to find a life
D E F#m D
On my own, apart from You
E F#m
I am the king of excuses
D E F#m
I've got one for every selfish thing I do
Pre-Chorus 1:
D E F#m
Tell me, what's going on inside of me
D E F#m
I despise my own behavior
D E F#m
This only serves to confirm my suspicions
D E F#m
That I'm still a man in need of a Savior
D A E F#m
I wanna be in the light, as You are in the light
D A E
I wanna shine like the stars in the heavens
D A E F#m
Oh, Lord, be my light, and be my salvation
D E F#m E F#m
'Cause all I want is to be in the light
D E F#m E F#m
All I want is to be in the light
Verse 2:
D E F#m
The disease of self runs through my blood
D E F#m D
It's a cancer fatal to my soul
E F#m
Every attempt on my behalf has failed
D E F#m
To bring this sickness under control
Pre-Chorus 1
Chorus 1
Interlude: Bm C#m F#m D A E
Bridge:
Bm C#m F#m
Honesty becomes me, there's nothing left to lose
D A E
The secrets that did run me in Your presence are defused
Bm C#m F#m
Pride has no position, the riches have no worth
D A E
And the fame that once did cover me has been sentenced to
Has been sentenced to this earth
Pre-Chorus 2:
D E F#m
Tell me, what's going on inside of me
D E F#m
I despise my own behavior
D E F#m
This only serves to confirm my suspicions
D E F#m
That we are all in need of a Savior
horus 1
Chorus 2:
D A E F#m
I wanna be in the light, as You are in the light
D A E
I wanna shine like the stars in the heavens
D A E F#m
Oh, Lord, be my light, and be my salvation
D E F#m
'Cause all I want is to be in the light
D E F#m
All I want is to be in the light
D E
All I want is to be....in the light
Outro: D E F#m (x8) D E F#m E F#m