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Lightning (acoustic)

Alex Goot

PopMedium for beginners3 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

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D××
Em7

Chords & lyrics

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Capo on 2nd fret
              
 
 
 
verse 1: 
      C9                                  D-Em7  
She's staring me down with those electric eyes 
                   D       C9                      D-Em7 
No matter how hard I try, I can't escape that gaze tonight 
 
 
 
     D               C9          D 
That girls up in the atmosphere 
                     C9          D 
That girls up in the atmosphere 
 
 
verse 2: 
      C9                           D-Em7  
I'm hypnotized by the way she moves 
                      D 
Baby girl please help me soon 
   C9                       D-Em7 
I'mma take you to the sun and the moon 
 
 
     D               C9          D 
That girls up in the atmosphere 
                     C9        
That girls up in the atmosphere 
 
 
 
                 Em7       D               C9   
And I've been catching myself thinking of it 
D 
It was 3 in the morning 
Em7            D           C9 
Every day I chase after her 
D 
But I can't catch lightning 
Em7             D              C9 
Catching myself thinking of it 
D 
it was 3 in the morning 
Em7            D           C9 
Every day I chase after her 
D                           C9-D-Em7-D 
But I can't catch lightning 
 
                            C9-D-Em7 
No, I can't catch lightning 
 
 
 
She'll make you believe everything she wants 
Make you think that you're the one 
She will keep you there 
 
That girls up in the atmosphere 
She's way up in the atmosphere 
 
And I've been catching myself thinking of it 
It was 3 in the morning 
Every day I chase after her 
But I can't catch lightning 
Catching myself thinking of it 
It was 3 in the morning 
Every day I chase after her 
But I can't catch lightning 
 
No, I can't catch lightning 
Oh, I can't catch lightning (yeah) 
I can't catch lightning 
 
She's staring me down with those electric eyes 
no matter how hard I try, I can't escape that gaze tonight 
 
That girls up in the atmosphere 
That girls up in the atmosphere 
That girls up in the atmosphere (oh) 
She's way up in the atmosphere 
 
And I've been waiting, waiting, waiting for you 
Anticipating 
Chasing after things that you do 
But I can't catch lighting 
 
Waiting, waiting, waiting for you 
Anticipating 
Chasing after things that you do 
 
But I can't catch lighting 
 
No, I can't catch lightning (Oh yeah) 
No, I can't catch lightning 
I can't catching lightning (oh no) 
I can't catch lightning 
          
 

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Chord set

C9 · D · Em7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.