Light Up The World Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays392

Light Up The World by Glee Cast is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, D and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
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16
Speed
  			Capo on 3 

           C                   D              Em 
hey-hey-hey you and me keep on dancing in the dark, 
           C                      D              Em 
it's been tearing me apart, never knowing what we are. 
           C                   D              Em 
hey-hey-hey you and me keep on tryin to play it cool, 
           C                            D              Em 
now it's time to make a move and that's what i'm gonna do. 

       C          
lay it all down 
D              Em 
got something to say 
        C 
lay it all down 
D                Em 
throw your doubt away 
      C 
do or die now 
D             Em 
step onto the plate 
          C                  D         Em 
blow the door wide open like up up and away 

           C               D  Em 
let's light up the world tonight 
           C                   D  Em 
you gotta give up the bark and bite 
            C                 D  Em 
i know that we got the love alright 
             C                 D           Em 
come on and li-li-light it up, light it up tonight 

            C                   D              Em 
hey-hey-hey you and me turn it up ten thousand watts. 
         C                           D              Em 
tell me why we've gotta stop, i just want to let it rock. 
            C                   D              Em 
hey-hey-hey you and me keep on staring at the road, 
         C                                  D           Em 
like we don't know where to go, step back, let me take control. 

       C          
lay it all down 
D              Em 
got something to say 
        C 
lay it all down 
D                Em 
throw your doubt away 
      C 
do or die now 
D             Em 
step onto the plate 
          C                  D         Em 
blow the door wide open like up up and away 

           C               D  Em 
let's light up the world tonight 
           C                   D  Em 
you gotta give up the bark and bite 
            C                 D  Em 
i know that we got the love alright 
             C                 D           Em 
come on and li-li-light it up, light it up tonight 

C          D  Em 
hey hey hey you. 
C          D  Em 
hey hey hey you. 
C          D  Em 
hey hey hey you. 
C          D  Em 
hey hey hey you. 

       C          
lay it all down 
D              Em 
got something to say 
        C 
lay it all down 
D                Em 
throw your doubt away 
      C 
do or die now 
D             Em 
step onto the plate 
          C                  D         Em 
blow the door wide open like up up and away 


           C               D  Em 
let's light up the world tonight 
           C                   D  Em 
you gotta give up the bark and bite 
            C                 D  Em 
i know that we got the love alright 
             C                 D           Em 
come on and li-li-light it up, light it up tonight 
    	

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