You Light Up My Life Chords

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You Light Up My Life by Debby Boone is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Dm. It uses the chords Dm, G, C, Am, Bm7, E7, G/B., A/C#, Dsus4, D, D9, C/B, B7, D7, Am7, G7, E7sus4, A7sus4, Em, Bm7/5-, A and Em7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Dm         G        C        Am  
So many nights I'd sit by my window  
  
Bm7          E7              Am           G/B.  A/C# 
Waiting for someone to sing  me   his song.  
  
Dsus4  D   D9   G        C       C/B   Am  
 So   ma - ny dreams I kept deep in - side me  
  
B7                        D7         Am7    D7  
Alone in the dark but now you've come a - long.  

     G               G7  
And you light up my life  
  
             E7    E7sus4  E7 Am  
You give me hope to  car - ry on  
  
     Am7  A7sus4 Am7  D7  Am7  D7  Am7  G    B7  Em Am7   D9  
You light   up   my  days and fill my nights        with song. 
Dm         G      C           Am  
Rollin' at sea a-drift on the waters   
  
Bm7/5-        E7           Am         G/B.  A/C# 
Could it be finally I'm turn - ing  for home?  
  
Dsus4   D  D9  G        C   C/B      Am  
 Fin - 'ly a chance to say "Hey! I  love you"  
  
B7             D     Am7   D7  
Never again to be all a - lone  
  
Repeat Refrain:  
 
Coda:  
  
G                    G7  
And you light up my life  
  
Bm7/5-        E7    E7sus4 E7 Am  
You give me hope to car - ry on  
  
    Am7  A7sus4 Am7  D7  Am7  D7  Am7 B7          Em  
You light  up   my  days and fill my nights with song.  
  
A             G        B7           Em   B+  A  
It can't be wrong when it feels so right  
  
        G  Am D9       C   Em7 Am7  G  
'Cause you        you light up my life.  
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante