A Little Light Within Chords
A Little Light Within by Sturgill Simpson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A, B7 and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
(Verse)
E A
Through all these Earthly trials of sorrow
E B7
Through all these days of doubt and sin
E A
Through all these eternal nights with no tomorrow
E B7 E
Gotta stay on the straight and narrow and find a little light within
E A
Gotta walk that road all the way to Heaven
E B7
Gotta walk that road until the dawn
E
Gotta walk that road all night
A
All you need is a little light
E B7 E
And the closer you get the brighter it turns on
(solo)
A E A7 B7 E
(verse 2)
E A
Don't need no compass no map or chart
E B7
Don't need no stars shining above
E A
Don't need nothing but a little light in my heart
E B7 E
Glowing inside me like a blanket of love
E A
Gotta walk that road all the way to Heaven
E B7
Gotta walk that road until the dawn
E
Gotta walk that road all night
A
All you need is a little light
E B7 E
And the closer you get the brighter it turns on
E B7 E
I said the closer you get the brighter it turns on.