You Are The Light Chords
by Jens Lekman
You Are The Light by Jens Lekman is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Bb. It uses the chords Bb, F, Gm, Csus4, C, Am, Dm, F7/Eb, Bbmaj7, Fmaj7 and Ebmaj7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
(Bb F Gm Csus4 C Csus4 C)
F Am
yeah I got busted
Dm F7/Eb
so I used my one phone call
Bbmaj7 Am
to dedicate a song to you
Gm Csus4 C Csus4 C
on the radio
F Am Dm
yeah I got busted
F7/Eb Bbmaj7
in custody I imagined our melody
Am Gm
being played on a grand piano
(bridge)
Am Dm Am
I saw your face in front of me
Dm Am
it was perfect clarity
Bb Gm
I saw a light in the end of the tunnel
F
and it was you,
Gm
cause you are the light
Bb Dm C
by which I travel into this and that
F Gm
you are the light, you are the light
Bb Dm C Csus4 C (4x)
by which I travel into this and that
F Am
yeah I got busted
Dm F7/Eb Bbmaj7 Am
I painted a dirty word on your old man's Mercedes Benz
Gm Csus4 C Csus4 C
'cause you told me to do it
F Am
yeah I got busted
Dm F7/Eb
but soon they released me
Bbmaj7
cause the cops were sad
Am Gm
and they didn't know how to prove it, oh
(bridge)
(Chorus)
Bbmaj7 Am Gm Fmaj7
it's all so obvious, so obvious
Bbmaj7 Am Gm
why would anyone need a map or a compass
Ebmaj7 C
it's so beautiful to be guided by you
F Gm
'cause you are the light, you are the light
Bb Dm C
by which I travel into this and that
F Gm
you are the light, you are the light
Bb Dm C
by which I travel into this and that
F Gm Bb Dm C
you are the light, light
F Gm Bb Dm C
you are the light, light
(Bb F Gm C)