Driving Towards The Daylight Chords

KeyEm Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays472

Driving Towards The Daylight by Joe Bonamassa is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords Em7, G, D and C/G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro: Em7 G D C/G 


Verse 1:
 
C/G           Em7                        G                        
Look upon a - mountain.  'Waitin' on a train. 
G                   D                   C/G                   
Baby I know what's wrong and it's still happening. 
Em7           G        D                C/G          
Waiting on my destiny, learning from my abilities.  
Em7     G                 D          
Who was wrong and who was right?  
D                   C/G 
And do we even know why we are fighting? 
Em7               G             D             C/G  
So take your eyes off of me and look upon the churning sea.  


 
Em7                      G                     D                          
Driving towards the daylight, running from the midnight. 
              C/G          Em7                  G                         
Trying to get my way home. Running from the spotlight.  
                      D                    C/G 
Trying to find the daylight, trying to get back home. 


Verse 2:
 
Em7                 G                  D          C/G               
Rusty strings on my old guitar, speaks volumes of who you are.  
Em7            G                         D              C/G  
So never did I think it was you.  It was me, one of the chosen few.  
Em7         G               D                C/G  
Who will it be, oh the next time?  Hopefully one with more sense of mind.  
Em7              G                D                    C/G  
So where did you go?  Always will see, it's a story of you and me.  


 
Em7                    G                       D                          
Driving towards the daylight, running from the midnight. 
              C/G          Em7                  G                         
Trying to get my way home. Running from the spotlight.  
                      D                    C/G 
Trying to find the daylight, trying to get back home.  


Instrumental: Em7 G D C/G 


 
Em7                    G                       D                          
Drivin' towards the daylight, running from the midnight. 
              C/G          Em7                  G                         
Trying to get my way home. Running from the spotlight.  
                      D                    C/G 
Trying to find the daylight, trying to get my way home.  
  
 
Em7                    G                        D                         
Drivin' towards the daylight, running from that midnight. 
              C/G          Em7                  G                       
Trying to get my way home. Running from the spotlight.  
                      D                C/G 
Trying to find the daylight, trying to get my way home.  


Coda: Em7 G D C/G  
    	

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