Waitin For The Light To Shine Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays391

Waitin For The Light To Shine by Roger Miller is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Bm, F#m, G, A7 and A. 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
  			
D      Bm            F#m 
I have lived in the darkness for so long 
     G               A7        D 
I am waitin' for the light to shine 

D                   F#m 
Far beyond horizons I have seen 
            G 
Beyond the things I've been 
            D           A7 
Beyond the dreams I've dreamed 
          D         Bm 
Are the things I've done 
        F#m            Bm 
In fact each and every one 
        D              G       A   D 
Are the way that I was taught to run 

D                    Bm 
I am waitin' for the light to shine 
      G                         D 
I am waitin' for the light to shine 
         G           Bm              G 
I have lived in the darkness for so long 
     D               A         D 
I'm waitin' for the light to shine. 
    	

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