In High Places Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays400

In High Places by Mike Oldfield is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, D, C and 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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Em               D 
  Look down from in high places 
C               D 
  Lift off the ground 
C           D 
  Without a sound, yeah 

Em                D 
  We move through open spaces 
C              D                         
  The wind, it pulls 
C              D 
  The sky gets close, yeah 

G 
  Could we get much higher? 
D 
  Could we get much lighter? 
Em    C        D 
  Navigator to heaven 

Em               D 
  Check out, did you check your heart? 
C                D 
  This cloudless blue 
C                D 
  This starlight night, yeah 

Em             D 
  Shoot out into the shining 
C            D 
  That devil moon (That devil moon) 
C             D  
  He sings of love, yeah 

G 
  Can we get much higher? 
D 
  Can we get much lighter? 
Em     C        D 
   Navigator to heaven 

Em              D 
  The stars, so close we touch them 
C               D 
  They seem so small 
C               D 
  They make me wonder 

Em        D 
  Far out in formation 
C               D  
  Five thousand moons 
C             D   
  Floating balloons 

G  
  Couldn't get much higher 
D  
  Couldn't get much lighter 
Em    C        D 
  Navigator to heaven 
    	

Chord diagrams

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