For You To See The Stars Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays568

For You To See The Stars by Radney Foster is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Am, F, G and D/F#. 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
  			Verse: 1 
C 
Grandpa sold the house because the business failed 
Am 
He said rock bottom is just solid ground to start again 
F 
When life ain't nothing like a fairy tale 
G 
We just gotta work and hope and pray and say amen 


F                          G 
It's gotta get dark enough 
                   C 
For you to see the stars 
F          G                 C 
Shine like diamonds on black velvet 
F              G 
Love is just a word 
C                                      Am 
Until you felt it even when life falls apart 
G                           D/F# 
Strong enough to break your heart 
F 
It's gotta get dark enough 
G 
For you to see the stars 

Verse: 2 
C 
Darkness fell on me when I lost my dad 
Am 
Girl you were the light that got me through 
F 
You walked right beside me down that road to hell and back 
G 
And in that midnight hour I fell in love with you 

 
F                          G 
It's gotta get dark enough 
                   C 
For you to see the stars 
F          G                 C 
Shine like diamonds on black velvet 
F              G 
Love is just a word 
C                                      Am 
Until you felt it even when life falls apart 
G                           D/F# 
Strong enough to break your heart 
F                          G 
It's gotta get dark enough 
                   C 
For you to see the stars 

Bridge 
F 
Staring at the sky tonight 
G             Am 
Never felt so alive 
F 
Sometimes the lights have to go out 
                           D/F# 
For you to see what life's about 

Outro 
F                          G 
It's gotta get dark enough 
                   C 
For you to see the stars 
C                     Am 
Moving like a work of art 
G                           D/F# 
Strong enough to break your heart 
F                          G 
It's gotta get dark enough 
                   C 
For you to see the stars 
For you to see the stars 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante