Enlighten Me Chords
by JayMay
Enlighten Me by JayMay is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Am and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
verse 1
C
In my mind I write you letters all the time
Am G
Somehow I never get the pen to paper
C
And in my life my words always rhyme
Am G
And it's a shame I don't hate her or blame her
verse 2
C
Look at that I'm 29
Am G
And not much has changed since the last time we danced
C
And I'm good, I'm good I swear to god I'm fine
Am G
I'm just scared to death to take a chance
C Am G
I think you're crazier than me
C Am
I think you're crazy as can be
G C
And it frightens me so enlighten me
verse 3
C
I got your note about the day the girl fell --
Am G
A five story window I don't know too well
C
And I never wrote you back (can't you tell?)
Am G
That in my mind the image just climbs
verse 4
C
I spent too long with the wrong kinds of men
Am G
One went to Iraq, came back, but fled again
C
And I think of them - I do, now and then
Am G
It only reminds me, that's all behind me
C Am G
I think you're crazier than me
C Am
I think you're crazy as can be
G C
And it frightens me so enlighten me
Verse 5
C
The things in this life we're striving to get
Am G
Are the same as those finding us fools of regret
C
I remember clearly the day we met
Am G
'Cause your voice was crystal and your hair was so gold
Verse 6
C
The need for new love — it's loyalty to an old
Am G
Though I don't believe it's what I'm being told
C
Remember on the platform we stood in the cold?
Am G
I wonder how we'll stand it, one day when we're old . . .
C Am G
Will you still be crazy about me?
C Am
Will you still be crazy as can be?
G C
'Cause it frightens me enlighten me
Verse 7
C
Now who'd ever guess one day we'd cross feet
Am G
The corner where Houston and Essex Street meet
C
And who'd ever guess you'd envision our kid
Am G
In the back of a car drivin' over a bridge
Verse 8
C
I don't know how much more I'll take of all this
Am G
Do we come apart or do we join at the hip?
C
Or do we both flip a coin; heads or tails — tell me quick —
Am G
Heads means let's say tails says walk away!
C Am G
I think you're crazy, I think you're crazier than me
C Am
I think you're crazy as can be
G C
And it frightens me enlighten me
Verse 9
C
Time passes on and we pick up the pen
Am G
Though we barely write a word before we put it down again
C
I'm asking myself ain't the sole intention
Am G
To be riddled with love without any question?
verse 10
C
It's time we give the lunatic business arrest
Am G
You're borderline romantic at worst I guess
C
I made a mistake, I got it all wrong
Am G
It's me who's insane but for the sake of my song
C Am G
I made you crazier than me
C Am
I may be crazy as can be
G C
And it frightens me so enlighten me
Outro
C
I write you letters all the time in my mind
C
I write you letters all the time in my mind
C
I write you letters all the time in my mind
C
I write you letters . . .