There Will Be a Light Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays465

There Will Be a Light by Ben Harper is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, C#m, F#m, E, D and Cm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro: A C#m F#m E D A E 
 
A      C#m                F#m     
I wish we could live forever 
       E                   D 
Then melt into the sun 
                   A     E 
Melt into the sun 
 
A          C#m            F#m 
Time is gonna change you 
E                       D 
Once it gets you on the run 
                A            E 
Gets you on the run 
 
A 
There will be 
C#m 
There will be 
D                    A 
There will be a light 
F#m        E     D   A 
There will be a light 
 
A 
There will be 
C#m 
There will be 
D                    A 
There will be a light 
F#m        E     D   A 
There will be a light 
 
 
A C#m                   F#m 
   I've been running   
E                
Ever since 
D                           A      E 
  Ever since I was a child 
A             C#m   F#m 
Some call it free 
       E      D             A  E 
And some call it wild 
 
 
There will be? 
 
Cm                 F#m 
Let the warmth of my love 
D             A 
Dry away all your tears 
Cm                    F#m 
Fear not for I am with you 
        D                                          E 
I will fear not - fear not - with you here 
 
 
There will be... 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante