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Sam Fender – The Dying Light Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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Intro]
Asus2    F#m     E     Dsus2

[Verse 1]
       Asus2
This town is a world of waifs
and strays
       F#m
Comedy giants, penniless heroes
E
Dead men at the bar,
I've drank with them all
              Dsus2
Through misadventure and drag
          Asus2
But I'm alone here
                 F#m
Even though I'm physically not
                        E
And those dead boys are always there
              Dsus2
There's more every year
Asus2     E     Bm7    Dsus2

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[Verse 2]
Asus2         E
Maybe I could use a hand
   Bm7            Dsus2
I must admit I'm out of bright
   Asus2           E
ideas to keep the hell at bay
    Bm7            Dsus2
Distractions only last a day
     Asus2         E
The night is so impossible
    Bm7                Dsus2
It haunts the few who dare to look
     Asus2          E
Its marks are so hereditary
    Bm7           Dsus2
I'm terrified of having kids
         Asus2            E
But I'm damn?d if I give up tonight
   Bm7            Dsus2
I must repel th? dying light
    Asus2            E
For Mam and Dad and all my pals
     Bm7              Dsus2
For all the ones who didn't
make the night

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[Outro]
Asus2     E     Bm7    Dsus2
Asus2     E     Bm7    Dsus2
Asus2     E     Bm7    Dsus2
Asus2     E     Bm7    Dsus2
Asus2     E     Bm7    Dsus2
Asus2     E     Bm7    Dsus2
Asus2     E     Bm7    Dsus2
Asus2     E     Bm7    Dsus2
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How to play The Dying Light: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for The Dying Light by Sam Fender on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

The Dying Light by Sam Fender is in the key of A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯). The song uses 5 chords: Asus2, F#m, E, Dsus2 and Bm7.

Listen for Dsus2 – Asus2 – E – Bm7 (IVsus2 – Isus2 – V – ii7 in A major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is fah – doh – soh – reh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Good to know: F#m and Bm7 are the tricky part on guitar (barre or movable shapes). Slow the change down until it is clean; on piano and ukulele they are simpler.