Northern Lights Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays471

Northern Lights by Sixpence None the Richer is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords Am, C, F, Dm 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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C
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  			   Am        C           Am                           C 
it burns me down when I think of all the tears you've cried 
    Am          C            Am                                 C 
for one million miles I've I logged on roads that led away from you 
        F               Am          C 
knowing there was nothing you could do 
  Am      C        Am                        C 
inside my mind I saw you driving inside your car 
     Am         C                   Am 
just one silhouette in the wind with a prayer that this would not go 
C  
to far 

F         C     F       C 
away from my residual flame 
F           C       Am        F 
our bodies growing cold like stars 
      C        F         C        F      C     Am 
that lose their will to burn and fade into the night 
 Dm                        G 
but we could burn like the northern lights 


F             C 
baby – please stay 
F                              Am C 
we can make it through another day 


   Am         C 
it may – must we? 
      Am                  C 
all the fiber optic arguments 
    Am         C                    Am                        C 
without the warmth of your flesh we couldn't really make much sense 
 F           C        F      C      F     C      Am 
but now it's over and I am here my body next to yours 
      F        C              F        C       F             C 
we'll feed the flame with the fuel of time and burn like the northern 
Am 
lights 
 Dm                  G 
I'm tired of all the senseless fights 

 
F                    C 
baby - please stay 
F                              Am C 
we can make it through another day (2x)


   Dm                                G 
 we could burn like the northern lights 
F    C     F    Am     F    C    F    Am 
baby 

 Dm             G 
you love me and I love you 
     F             C 
so, baby – please stay 
F                              Am C 
we can make it through another day 
 F             C 
baby – please stay 
F                              Am C 
we can make it through another day 
 F             C 
baby – please stay 
F                              Am C 
we can make it through another day 
 F             C 
baby – please stay 
F                               Am C 
we can make it through another day 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante