Brightside Chords
by Nate Ruess
Brightside by Nate Ruess is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, A, A7 and F#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
D G
Why'd you take the long way home?
A G
I watched you walk slow past my window
Is that what you did it for?
D G
I think it's best you left me alone
A G
You know I'm bound to make you cry
D G
From up here I can see the Carlyle
A G
I can see the Louvre shining in your eyes
D G
I never meant to set the world on fire
A G
Just wanted something you'd remember me by
D G
But now I wish that I was on the bright side
A A7
These friends of mine could spend the whole night dreaming
D G
While you're holding me tight under the moonlight
A G
Just you and I, we'll lead a new life singing
D G
La la la
A G
La la la
D G
La la la
A G
La la la
D G
You know, I think it says a lot
A G
That I could wake myself up from this dream
Grab the things that are most dear to me
D G
And although I could have loved you better
A G F#m
I had to get the fuck out of the bed
G D
Cause there's just something about you my love
G D
Something in the way you comb your hair
A G
And fall apart at the seams
D
When you were young I used to throw you down
A G A
You'd show me how it feels to feel
D G
Oh God, I wish that I was on the bright side
A A7
These friends of mine could spend the whole night dreaming
D G
While you're holding me tight under the moonlight
A G
Just you and me, babe, we'll spend our whole lives singing
D G
La la la
A G
La la la
D G
La la la
A G
La la la
D G
And look at you
A G
And look at you
D G
And look at you
A G
And look at you