Light Stars Burning Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays479

Light Stars Burning by Hey Marseilles is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Em, D, Am, G, Bm and Em/F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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  			C              Em                D                Am 
Don’t rely on things you read on highway signs or magazines 
 G   Em  Bm-D 

C               Em 
Mine’s the only word you need 
   D              Am 
To understand what love can mean 
  G   Em    Bm  

C 
After all these years you are leaving here 
   G                         C 
Despite what should be otherwise 

C 
In our future dear, so long as you’re near 
     G                 Em        C 
I’ll follow ’til the sun won’t rise 

 G                         C 
I’ll follow ’til the sun won’t rise 

C                   Em 
Summer skies don’t shine the same 
D                 Am 
Winter cold won’t numb the pain 

(G)  Em  Bm  D 

C                  Em 
But autumn air has filled my lungs 
D                        Am 
enough to follow you for months 

G   Em  Bm 

C                       
After all these years you are leaving here 
  G                          C 
Des?ite what should be otherwise 

In our future dear, so long as you’re near 
G                              C 
I’ll follow ’til the sun won’t rise 

C    
When I go so far, you leave me in the dark 
   G                    C 
I just want to be your light 
C 
If you never meant to make it from the start, 
G                     C 
Why’d we ever mean to try? 
G                        Em 
Why’d we ever mean to try? 

(listen the song for this part) 

Em  G  Bm  Em Em/F#  
Em  G  Bm  D 
Em  G  Bm  D 




Bm 
You can go back home 
But I’ll never let go 
You can just walk away 
                    
I won’t leave you alone 


(and then some noise) 

Em     G                  Bm 
Under bright stars burning 
         D 
We will make our own ending 
Em      G                 Bm 
Under bright stars burning 
                      D 
We will make our own ending 
    	

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