We Dared The Lightning Chords
We Dared The Lightning by Bellamy Brothers is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, Cadd9 and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
INTRO: D G Cadd9 (2x)
D
Mama said slow down, but I was goin' to fast to listen
D
Said what goes 'round comes around, but only time could get my attention
G D
But as I look back now over advice well given
G A
I can't help wonderin' how it is that I'm still livin'
G D
I had some wild friends, we did some crazy things
A G D
We kept some long late hours, we dared the lightnin'
G D
We took it to the edge, runnin' full speed ahead
A G D
We laid our lives on the line, we dared the lightnin'
D G Cadd9
It really blows my mind, I don't know how that I survived
Still I go back from time to time, visit others by their graveside
Wish mama had lived to see now I have kids of my own
She'd be laughin' at me but mama'd never cast a stone
CHORUS
BRIDGE:
A G D
It was like playin' Russian roulette, always braggin' and bluffin'
A G A
Racin' 'round in our gin bullets, we never stopped at nothin'
SOLO
CHORUS
A G D
We laid our lives on the line, we dared the lightnin'
D D D G Cadd9 D
We dared the lightnin', we dared the lightnin'
D G Cadd9 D
We dared the lightnin'
(repeat and fade)