Light Me Up Chords

KeyD Capo5st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays460

Light Me Up by Kathryn Ostenberg is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 5st fret. It uses the chords D, A, Em and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			 

Intro: 

D-A-Em-G 
D-A-Em-G 

Verso 1: 

D                 A 
People say I´m glowing 
 Em                  G 
Found some way of knowing 
D               A            Em    G 
Something going on inside my heart 
D                    A 
I tried to keep it quiet 
Em                G 
But there´s no denying 
D              A               Em   G 
Darling I am shining like the stars 



 D                A 
You light me up, light as a feather 
 Em              G 
Brighten me up, make it all better 
D 
Up, up, up 
A 
I´m in the sky 
Em                          G 
Don´t you know you´re the reason why? 


Verso 2: 

D                   A 
You call me for no reason 
Em                G 
And you got me believing 
D             A               Em   G 
I´m the only girl you wish to see 
D                    A 
I can´t stand being apart  
         Em          G 
It sets fire to my heart 
D                         A               Em   G 
That when you close your eyes you dream of me 
D 
And I just can´t wait  
A 
To see your face  
Em                 G 
Shining like the stars 

  

 D                A 
You light me up, light as a feather 
 Em              G 
Brighten me up, make it all better 
D 
Up, up, up 
A 
I´m in the sky 
Em                          G 
Don´t you know you´re the reason why? 

 D                A 
You light me up, light as a feather 
 Em              G 
Brighten me up, make it all better 
D 
Up, up, up 
A 
I´m in the sky 
Em                          G 
Don´t you know you´re the reason why? 


Bridge:  

D                
Up, up, up and away 
A 
I hope we always stay 
Em 
Carefree in love this way 
D 
Up, up, up and away 
A 
I hope we always stay 
Em                 G 
Baby, won't you say-ay 



 D                A 
You light me up, light as a feather 
 Em              G 
Brighten me up, make it all better 
D 
Up, up, up 
A 
I´m in the sky 
Em                          G 
Don´t you know you´re the reason why? 

 D                A 
You light me up, light as a feather 
 Em              G 
Brighten me up, make it all better 
D 
Up, up, up 
A 
I´m in the sky 
Em                          G 
Don´t you know you´re the reason why? 

 D                A 
You light me up, light as a feather 
 Em              G 
Brighten me up, make it all better 
D 
Up, up, up 
A 
I´m in the sky 
Em                          G 
Don´t you know you´re the reason why? 
    	

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