Apr122019

Jackie Greene – Light Up Your Window Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

ChordsD C G A Bm E

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This is Light Up Your Window chords by Jackie Greene on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
D

[Verse 1]
D C G D
Somethin’ about you robs my good sense blind
A C G D
Don’t know what it is but I don’t mind
C G D
Every night I see you in my dreams
A C G D
I haven’t kissed your lips in years it seems

[Chorus]
G D
But when the rhythm of a freight train runnin’
A Bm
Meets the song of a jet plane hummin’
G D C G
Light up your window, baby, I’ll be comin’ home
D
So we can be alone

[Verse 2]
D C G D
I’m like a stranger everywhere I go
A C G D
There ain’t nobody here I really know
C G D
I count the miles and I’m feelin’ incomplete
A C G D
But I guess the distance makes the closeness oh so sweet (so sweet)

[Chorus]
G D
But when the rhythm of a freight train runnin’
A Bm
Meets the song of a jet plane hummin’
G D C G
Light up your window, baby, I’ll be comin’ home

[Bridge]
Bm G
How long does the road go on
D A
How deep the dark before the spark of dawn
Bm E
It suffers me to think about
G A
All the nights we do without

[Chorus]
G D
But when the rhythm of a freight train runnin’
A Bm
Meets the song of a jet plane hummin’
G D C G
Light up your window, baby, I’ll be comin’ home
G D
And when the rhythm of a freight train runnin’
A Bm
Meets the song of a jet plane hummin’
G D C G
Light up your window, baby, I’ll be comin’ home
D
So we can be alone

How to play Light Up Your Window: key, chords and progression

Light Up Your Window by Jackie Greene keeps coming home to D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). You need 6 chords: D, C, G, A, Bm and E.

The progression the song keeps returning to is D – C – G – D (I – ♭VII – IV – I in D major). Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord here is an open shape on guitar: no capo, no barre chords needed.