Chain Lightning Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays446

Chain Lightning by Bruce Springsteen is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, A, G, F# and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro / also played during Em on verses / palm mute 
e|--------------------|--------------------| 
B|--------------------|--------------------| 
G|--------------------|--------------------| 
D|--------------------|--------------------| 
A|--------------------|--------------------| 
E|--0-0-3-0--0-0-3-0--|--0-0-3-0--0-0-3-0--| 

verse 1 
Em  
Well there's a rumble in the park, there's a thunder in the dark 
Em  
The night's so quiet, it's chain lightning 
Em  
Beneath a street light two boys bopping in the night 
Em  
They have something that I call, chain lightning 
           A                           G 
Though you never hear a sound, there's fire underground 
F#                                   B 
Rambling through the town, you can't keep it from coming down 
Em 
Lovers walking through the mist, Romeo he steal a kiss 
Em  
Caught up in the moment at chain lightning 

verse 2 
Em 
Now I don't know about romance, baby, the latest dance 
Em  
Everybody's getting up, doing it, chain lightning 
Em  
All along the strand, baby, down in jungleland 
Em  
Everybody's caught up in chain lightning 
A                        G 
Ever hear the sound of a fire underground 
F#                               B 
Rumbling through the town, the big cold is coming down 
Em 
Sitting at the light, I'm a rider in the night 
Em  
Streaking light to light for chain lightning 

Solo 
Em |  |  |  | 

A |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 

verse 3 
      Em 
Baby, I ain't into style, baby, I ain't into fashion 
Em  
I just got a passion for chain lightning 
Em  
Sitting at light, I'm a rider in the night 
Em  
Streaking light to light for chain lightning 
    	

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