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Billy Joel – Turn The Lights Back On Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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Key: C
[Verse 1]
C               F
Please open the door
           G
Nothing is different,
                    E
 we've been here before
E7           Am
Pacing these halls
          F#m
Trying to talk over
     G       F G
the silence
    C
And pride sticks
         F
 out its tongue
              G
Laughs at the portrait
              E
that we've become
E7         Am
Stuck in a frame
          F#m
Unable to change,
       G     F G
 I was wrong

[Chorus]
    C             F
I'm late, but I'm here
       G
 right now
         E       E7
Though I used to be

   Am           D
romantic, I forgot
      G
somehow
         F   G          C
Time can make you blind
      F       G
But I see you now as
        E
 we're layin'
  E7     Am
 in the darkness
      D        G
Did I wait too long
             F   G
 to turn the lights
      C   F G F G
back on?

[Verse 2]
C                F
Herе, stuck on a hill
          G
Outsiders inside the
              E
 homе that we built
    E7           Am
The cold settles in
                 F#m
It's been a long winter
       G          F
 of indifference
    G         C
And maybe you love me,
            F
 maybe you don't
             G
Maybe you'll learn to,
            E
 maybe you won't
E7          Am
You've had enough,
 but I won't give
  F#m   G   F G
up on you

[Chorus]
    C
I'm late, but
     F          G
I'm here right now
        E           E7
And I'm tryin' to find
     Am
the magic that we
  D        G
lost somehow
      F G          C
Maybe I  was blind
      F       G
But I see you now as
       E      E7
we're layin' in the
   Am
 darkness
      D        G
Did I wait too long
             F   G
 to turn the lights

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[Instrument]
Am D G C G
F C G
F C G

[Chorus]
    C
I'm late, but I'm
 F           G
here right now
         E
Is there still time
 E7     Am
 for forgiveness?
          D       G
Won't you tell me how?
F        G         C
 I can't read your mind
      F       G
But I see you now as
       E      E7     Am
we're layin' in the darkness
      D        G
Did I wait too long
             F   G
 to turn the lights
      C   F
 back on?
               G   E
I'm here right now
         E7         Am  D
Yes, I'm here right now
               G        F G
Lookin' for forgiveness
      C            F
I can see as we're layin'
          G
 in the darkness
               E
Yeah, as we're layin'
  E7     Am
 in the darkness
      D          G F
Did I wait too long
             G
 to turn the lights
  C
back on?

Watch: Billy Joel - Turn the Lights Back On (Official Video)

From billyjoelVEVO on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play Turn The Lights Back: key, chords and progression

These are Turn The Lights Back On chords by Billy Joel on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Turn The Lights Back by Billy Joel sits in C major (no sharps or flats), and you need 8 chords to play it: C, F, G, E, E7, Am, F#m and D.

Listen for C – F – G – E (I – IV – V – III in C major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – fah – soh – mi. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Good to know: on guitar, F and F#m need a barre or movable shape. Take the change into them slowly at first; piano and ukulele players have it easier.