Lightning Frightening Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays443

Lightning Frightening by David Bowie is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, G and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro 

E  G  A G E 

Verse 
     E                              G 
I'll give you back my farm and I'll give you back my house 
     A                G               E 
I'll give you back my right to be free 
         E              G 
I've got moon, I've got sun 
A               G          E 
Lightning, lightning, lightning 
         E            G 
I've got me, I've got you 
A                   G            E 
Frightening, frightening, frightening 

Interlude 
E  G  A G E x5 

Verse 
     E                              G 
I'll give you back my farm and I'll give you back my house 
     A                G               E 
I'll give you back my right to be free 
     E                              G 
I'll give you back my farm and I'll give you back my house 
     A                G               E 
I'll give you back my right to be free 
         E              G 
I've got moon, I've got sun 
           A               G          E 
(I've got) Lightning, lightning, lightning 
         E            G 
I've got me, I've got you 
       A               G          E 
(It's) Frightening, frightening, frightening 

Outro 
E  G  A G E x7 
    	

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