Surefire Chords
by John Legend
Surefire by John Legend is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F#m. It uses the chords F#m, D, A and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: F#m D A
F#m D A E
Can you just stay through the night?
F#m D A
Turn down the bed and the blinds
E F#m
Before your turn around
D A E
Can you just stay through the night?
F#m D
Let me breathe you in 'til gravity bends
A E
And we fall through the hole in the light
F#m
Make this our kingdom
D A E
Somewhere where good love conquers and not divide
F#m D A
Cause I may not know a lot of things but I
E
Feel it in my chest
F#m D A
Know I won't let the blue flame die
E F#m
We can't lose hope just yet
D A
'Cause it's once, just once in a lifetime
E F#m
And we're scared to love but it's alright
D A
I may not know a lot of things but I
E F#m D A
Know that we're surefire, yeah
E F#m D A
Know that we're surefire, yeah
F#m D A E
Can't keep this bed warm on the left side
F#m D A
When something is cold as a goodbye
E F#m
Why don't you turn around?
D A E
Ignore all that shit from the outside
F#m
The world is a nightmare
D
Wake up and stay here
A E
Let me be on your side
F#m
We'll make this our kingdom
D A E
Somewhere where good love conquers and not divide
F#m D
And oh my, oh my, oh my, oh my God
A E
I'm so, I'm so, I'm so tired of fighting
F#m D A
Let go, give in, let go and give up, oh
F#m D A
Cause I may not know a lot of things but I
E
Feel it in my chest
F#m D A
Know I won't let the blue flame die
E F#m
We can't lose hope just yet
D A
'Cause it's once, just once in a lifetime
E F#m
And we're scared to love but it's alright
D A
I may not know a lot of things but I
E F#m D A
Know that we're surefire
E F#m D A
Know that we're surefire
F#m D
And oh my, oh my, oh my, oh my God
A E
I'm so, I'm so, I'm so tired of fighting
F#m D A
Let go, give in, let go and give up, oh
F#m D A
Cause I may not know a lot of things but I
E
Feel it in my chest
F#m D A
Know I won't let the blue flame die
E F#m
We can't lose hope just yet
D A
'Cause it's once, just once in a lifetime
E F#m
And we're scared to love but it's alright
D A
I may not know a lot of things but I
E F#m D A
Know that we're surefire
E F#m D A
Know that we're surefire