Oak Island Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays556

Oak Island by Our Last Night is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, E and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
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Intro: C E (x2) (Start playing at 0:18) 

C                                         E 
Looking through the dark for the answers. 
         C 
As we search for the cause to our cancer. 
      E 
It spreads through our minds like a plague. 
C                                                         E 
  Looking up at the stars hoping there is something more. 
C                                                    E 
  It terrifies us to feel a termination of our consciousness. 

     C   A      E 
The mystery continues 
    C 
Hundreds of feet below the ground, 
   A                            E 
A treasure that cannot be found. 

C                                 E 
Three men lie dead at the bottom. 
                       C 
Questions took their lives as they tried to solve them. 
  E 
Ending your search for the truth. 
C                        E 
X marks the spot of the past that can be caused 
             C                                        E 
Where the secrets are kept, stories are left, and the safe stays locked. 

     C   A      E 
The mystery continues 
    C 
Hundreds of feet below the ground, 
   A                            E 
A treasure that cannot be found. 
C        A              E 
Could it be our true history? 
   C 
Unsolved and undecided, 
        A                      E 
Buried deep beneath an island. 

       C                           A 
This world might not be yours to keep. 
                        E 
Fight for it, fight for it. 
      C                                 A 
The answer could be right beneath our feet. 
                        E 
Fight for it, fight for it. 

     C   A      E 
The mystery continues 
    C 
Hundreds of feet below the ground, 
   A                            E 
A treasure that cannot be found. 
C        A              E 
Could it be our true history? 
   C 
Unsolved and undecided, 
        A                      E 
Buried deep beneath an island. 
    	

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