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Sean McConnell – Leave The Light On Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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INTRO:
F  C  G  Am
F  C  G  C G C

VERSE:
             G  Am
When you're lost
     G            F
And everything around
   C             Dm  Dm C
you is dark and cold
 C         G  Am    G
Sometimes love, it just can't
    F       C         Dm
follow you down that road
F    C     G
 All I can do,
    G              F
Is make you a promise
      C            G
That while you're gone

CHORUS:
            C        F
I'll leave the light on
                 G    Am
To fimd your way ho-o-ome
          C         F
And when your battle is over
     G   Am
and do-o-one
         C        F
I'll be right here,
         G              Am
yeah my love's like the sun
 G       F                  C
Hard to see from where you are,
           G
but never gone
            F          C  G Am
I'll leave the light o-on
                F      C G
I'll leave the light on

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VERSE:
C            G      Am       G
 When you're sa-a-aaaad and nothing
           F      C       Dm7   Dm C
 seems to ease you, say a prayer
C    G Am7          G
Even if   you think no one hears
 F C       Dm        G  G F
you, He is there-er-ere
F   C     G
All I can do
    G              F
Is make you a promise
      C            G
That while you're gone

CHORUS:
            C         F
I'll leave the light on
                 G    Am
To fimd your way ho-o-ome
          Em        F
And when your battle is
         G    Am
over and do-o-one
         Em    F
I'll be right here,
         G              Am
yeah my love's like the sun
 G       F                  C
Hard to see from where you are,
           G
but never gone
            F          C  G Am
I'll leave the light o-on
            F         C  G
I'll leave the light on

BREAK:
 Dm
Don't you think that I'd take
       F
every moment of the pain
Am                      G
If I thought I coul-ou-ould
Dm                       Em
But if I stepped in and took
     F
the bullet and the blame
Am                     G
It would do no goo-oo-ood

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CHORUS:
                C         F
But I'll leave the light on
                 G    Am
To fimd your way ho-o-ome
          Em      F
And when your battle
            G    Am
is over and do-o-one
         Em    F
I'll be right here,
         G              Am
yeah my love's like the sun
 G       F                  C
Hard to see from where you are,
           G
but never gone

OUTRO:
      G       F
It's hard to see from where
     C              G    C
you are, but never go-o-one
      G     F          C  G Am
I'll leave the light o-on
            F          C  G
I'll leave the light on
Am                    F      C
I'm gonna leave that light onnn
       G          Am
And I promise, I promise,
   F    C  G   G G F
I promise

How to play Leave The Light: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Leave The Light On by Sean McConnell on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Leave The Light by Sean McConnell is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 8 chords: F, C, G, Am, Dm, Dm7, Am7 and Em.

The backbone of the song is G – F – C – G (V – IV – I – V in C major). In solfa, that is soh – fah – doh – soh. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

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