Light On Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays670

Light On by David Cook is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, C, G, F, E, Dm, E7, D, B, A and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Am
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  			Intro: Am 

Am 
Never really said too much 
C 
Afraid it wouldn’t be enough 
G 
Just try to keep my spirits up 
                       F           E 
When there’s no point in grieving 

Am 
Doesn’t matter anyway 
C 
Words could never make me stay 
G 
Words will never take my place 
                  F            E 
When you know I’m leaving 

Refrão 

                        F                         C 
Try to leave a light on when I’m gone 
                     G                  Dm 
Something I rely on to get home 
                 F           
One I can feel at night 
   C                    Am                    G 
A naked light, a fire to keep me warm 
                       F                          C 
Try to leave a light on when I’m gone 
                   G                    Dm 
Even in the daylight, shine on 
                    F                                  C 
And when it’s late at night you can look inside 
G                       E7 
You won’t feel so alone 

Am 
You know we’ve been down that road 
C 
What seems a thousand times before 
G                                                     F                 E 
My back to a closing door and my eyes to the seasons 
Am 
That roll out underneath my heels 
C 
And you don’t know how bad it feels 
G                                                F                  E 
To leave the only one that I have ever believed in 

Refrão 
                        F                         C 
Try to leave a light on when I’m gone 
                     G                  Dm 
Something I rely on to get home 
                 F           
One I can feel at night 
   C                    Am                    G 
A naked light, a fire to keep me warm 
                       F                          C 
Try to leave a light on when I’m gone 
                   G                    Dm 
Even in the daylight, shine on 
                    F                                  C 
And when it’s late at night you can look inside 
G                       E7 
You won’t feel so alone 

SOLO 
Am // C // G // Dm 

D                                             G 
Sometimes it feels like we’ve run out of luck 
B              A                              Em 
When the signal keeps on breaking up 
C                      
When the wires cross in my brain 
G 
You’ll start my heart again 
A 
When I come along 

Refrão 

                      F                          C 
Try to leave a light on when I’m gone 
                   G                    Dm 
Even in the daylight, shine on 
                    F                                  C 
And when it’s late at night you can look inside 
G                       E7        E 
You won’t feel so alone 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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