Five Minutes To Midnight Chords

KeyD# CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays500

Five Minutes To Midnight by Boys Like Girls is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D#. It uses the chords Em, C, D, A, Cm and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D#
Text
16
Speed
  			Capo on the Second  

Intro: 7th Fret High E string (2 times), 6th Fret High E String (2 times), Second Fret High E String (2 times) Repeat 8 times. Then Em, C, D. 

Verse 1: 
D 
Brown eyes and lungs 
                 A 
filled up with smoke 
                                     Cm 
fast lives are stuck in the undertow 
                                 A 
but you know the places I wanna go 
           D 
'Cause oh oh oh! 
                                      A 
I've got a sickness, you've got the cure 
                                        Em 
you've got the spark I've been looking for 
                                       A 
and I've got a plan, we walk out the door 

You know you wanna... 

Refrain: 
G                           D 
Just let go! It's time to roll down the windows! 
          G     Em 
Sing it, oh oh oh! Got all we need 
G           A 
So here we go! 

 Chorus: 
         D                         A   D 
Turn it up! It's five minutes to midnight 
         C               A    G 
You're coming home with me tonight! 
D 
I can't get enough, shaking me up, turn it up! 
D                             A    D 
All right, at five minutes to midnight 
                     A     G 
You see our name in city lights! 
        D 
We'll make the clock stop, make you heart drop 
                       G 
And come alive.  

Verse 2:  
              D                                 A 
We could... pack up and leave all our things behind 
                                Em 
No fact or fiction or storyline 
                                     A 
'Cause I need you more than just for tonight. 
                D 
You're oh oh, all I care 
                        A 
I can't stop my breathing 

I'm weak and you are my medicine 
Em                                 A 
I won't stop till I am under your skin 

You know you wanna... (Repeat Chorus) 

Bridge: 
D 
Even when the clock strikes twelve 
           G 
Will you find another boy, to go and kiss and tell? 
       D         A      G 
'Cause you know, I never will. 
D 
I think we should strike a match 
               G 
And we'll hold it to the wind to see how long it lasts 
         D        A          G 
We can make the time stand still... (Repeat Chorus) 

 Chorus: 
         D                         A   D 
Turn it up! It's five minutes to midnight 
         C               A    G 
You're coming home with me tonight! 
D 
I can't get enough, shakin' me up, turn it up! 
D                             A    D 
All right, at five minutes to midnight 
                     A     G 
You see our name in city lights! 
        D 
We'll make the clock stop, make you heart drop 
          G             
And come alive!  

 (end with D) 
    	

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