Sunlight Chords
by Hozier
Sunlight by Hozier is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, A, D, G, C, B, B7, Bm7 and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro Em
verse 1
A D G
I would shun the light, sharin' evenings cool and quiet
C B
Who betrayed that I’m the night
D G Em
For sunlight, sunlight, sunlight
A
But his heart would not take flight
D G
Betray the moon as acolyte
C B
I'm first and fierce if I'm in sight
D G Em
Of sunlight, sunlight, sunlight
D
I have been lost in sunlight
A Em
Flew like a moth to you, sunlight, oh, sunlight
B7
All we love is sunlight
C
All we love is sunlight
G Em
But it is sunlight
verse 2
A
All the titles the same
D G
Told before and told again
C B
Soul that’s born in cold and rain
D G Em
Oh, sunlight, sunlight, sunlight
A
At last, came burgeoning
D G
To bury it in a burning flame
C B
It's love and it's decisive pain
D G Em
Oh, my sunlight, sunlight, sunlight
D
All that was shown to me, sunlight
A Em
There's somethin' foreknown to me, sunlight, oh sunlight
B7
All we love is sunlight
C
All we love is sunlight
G Em
But it is sunlight
B7
All we love is sunlight
C
All we love is sunlight
G Em
But it is sunlight, sunlight
Bridge
C D G Bm7
Oh, and these colors fade for you
Am B Em D G
Hold me, carry me slowly, my sunlight
C D G
Oh, and these colors fade for you
Am B Em D G
Hold me, carry me slowly, my sunlight
Interlude
Em
verse 3
A D
Each day, you rise with me
D G
Know that I would gladly be
C B
The Icarus to your certainty
D G Em
Oh, my sunlight, sunlight, sunlight
A
You strap the weight of me
D G
A death trap clad happily
C B
With wax melted, I need to see
D G Em
Under sunlight, sunlight, sunlight
Final Chorus
B7
All we love is sunlight
C
All we love is sunlight
G Em
But it is sunlight
B7
All we love is sunlight
C
All we love is sunlight
G Em
But it is sunlight
B7
All we love is sunlight
C
All we love is sunlight
G Em
But it is sunlight
B7
All we love is sunlight
C
All we love is sunlight
G Em
But it is sunlight
Em