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Anthem Lights

RockMedium for beginners5 chords

How to play it

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

C×
G
Em
D××
Dsus4Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 4th fret
              
 
 
Verse 1:
 
C                          G                             Em 
I threw a wish in the well, don't ask me, I'll never tell 
                          D                   Em    C 
I looked to you as it fell, and now you're in my way 
                            G                             Em  
I'd trade my soul for a wish, pennies and dimes for a kiss 
                          D                  Em C 
I wasn't looking for this, but now you're in my way 
 
Verse 2:
 
C             G                           Em 
I've wasted my nights, you turned out the lights 
            D                  Em      C 
Now I'm paralyzed, still stuck in that time, 
                  G                  Em              D 
When we called it love, but even the sun sets in paradise 
 
 
C              G  D                   Em C 
Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy 
                 G  D                   
But here's my number, so call me, maybe 
C                  G  D          Em C 
It's hard to look right at you baby, 
             G  D 
Here's my number 
 
 
            C                   G 
I'm at a payphone trying to call home 
                Em             D 
All of my change I spent on you 
                    C                   G 
Where have the times gone, baby it's all wrong 
              Em                D 
Where are the plans we made for two 
              C     G      Em D 
If happy ever after did exist 
                 C       G            Em D 
I would still be holding you like this 
                C         G         Em D 
All those fairy tales are full of it 
                C          G           D 
One more stupid love song, I'll be sick 
 
 
          Em          C      G   D Em           C     G  D 
Yeah, I'm falling from cloud nine, crashing from the high 
Em        C   G   D Em          C 
Letting go tonight, falling from cloud nine.... 
 
 
G             D        C   Em            D         C  G 
Starships are meant to fly, hands up and touch the sky 
              D        C   Em              D        C 
Let's do this one last time, let's do this one more time 
D        C     D        C   G 
One more time, one more time 
 
 
  G            Em                               C 
Tonight, we are young, so let's set the world on fire 
                              Dsus4 D      
We can burn brighter than the sun  
  G        
Tonight....  
          
 

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Chord set

C · G · Em · D · Dsus4

Practice tip

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