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The Living Daylights

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RockAdvanced for beginners13 chords

How to play it

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

Dm××○
Gm7Diagram coming soon
Am7×○○○
C×○○
GmDiagram coming soon
F
FmDiagram coming soon
BbDiagram coming soon
CmDiagram coming soon
Dbmaj7Diagram coming soon
DbDiagram coming soon
EbDiagram coming soon
Am×○○

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro: Dm  Gm7  Am7  Dm  Gm7  Am7  Dm
 
            Gm7             Dm            Gm7
Hey driver, where we going?    I swear my nerves are showing
Dm                C       Gm    
Set your hopes up way too high, 
     Dm              Gm7 Am7 Dm  F  Gm7  Am7  Dm  F  Gm  Fm   
the living's in the way we  die
 
              Bb              Cm            Bb  Fm
Comes the morning and the headlights fade away
            Bb            Cm                 Dbmaj7  Fm
Hundred thousand people, I'm the one they frame
              Bb           Cm            Bb  Fm
I've been waiting long for one of us to say
           Bb             Db    Eb    Dm
Save the darkness, let it never fade away
 
         Gm7     C         Dm     Gm  C
Ah-ah-ah-ah, the living daylights
Dm       Gm7     C         Dm     Gm  C  Gm7  C  Dm
Ah-ah-ah-ah, the living daylights
 
           Gm7               Dm            Gm7
All right, hold on tight now,   it's down, down to the wire
Dm                C       Gm    
Set your hopes up way too high, 
     Dm              Gm7 Am7 Dm  F  Gm7  Am7  Dm  F  Gm  Fm   
the living's in the way we  die
 
 
              Bb              Cm               Bb  Fm
Comes the morning and the headlights fade in rain
            Bb            Cm                 Dbmaj7  Fm
Hundred thousand changes, everything's the same
              Bb           Cm            Bb Fm
I've been waiting long for one of us to say
             Bb           Db    Eb     Dm
Save the darkness, let it never fade away
 
         Gm7     C         Dm     Gm  C
Ah-ah-ah-ah, the living daylights
Dm       Gm7     C         Dm     Gm  C
Ah-ah-ah-ah, the living daylights
Dm       Gm7     C         Eb     
Ah-ah-ah-ah, the living daylights
 
Dm  Gm  Dm  Gm  Am  Fm  Bb  Cm  Bb  Fm  Bb  Cm  Dbmaj7  Fm
 
              Bb              Cm            Bb  Fm
Comes the morning and the headlights fade away
            Bb            Db     Eb          Dm
Hundred thousand people, I'm the one they frame
 
         Gm7     C         Dm     Gm  C
Ah-ah-ah-ah, the living daylights
Dm       Gm7     C         Dm     Gm  C
Ah-ah-ah-ah, the living daylights
Dm       Gm7     C         Eb
Ah-ah-ah-ah, the living daylights
 
Dm  F  C  Gm7  Dm  F  C  Gm7  Dm  F  C  Gm7  Dm  F  C  Gm7
 
Dm       F        C       Gm7   Dm       F      C      Gm7
Set your hopes up way too high, living's in the way we die
Dm       F        C       Gm7   Dm       F      C      Gm7
Set your hopes up way too high, living's in the way we die
Dm       F        C       Gm7   Dm       F      C      Gm7
Set your hopes up way too high, living's in the way we die
Dm       F        C       Gm7   Dm       F      C      Gm7
Set your hopes up way too high, living's in the way we die

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Chord set

Dm · Gm7 · Am7 · C · Gm · F · Fm · Bb · Cm · Dbmaj7 · Db · Eb · Am

Practice tip

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