Aug122023

Teenage Fanclub – Back To The Light Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
G  D C G  D  C  G
D C    G  D C G
D C G  D C

[Verse 1]
    G              D C
The lights come up
   G
We clear the stage and
 D        C
break it down
   G
We turn the key and
 D     C      G    D C
motor out of town

[Verse 2]
     G            D C
It's cold tonight
      G             D   C
We're following the satellite
  G                D
I told you we were shooting
 C       G    D C
 for the moon

[Chorus]
Am                D
For a while there I was blue
    G               Em
But now I'm walking next to you
    Am
You turned me round and
 D                  G
led me back to the light

[Interlude]
D C G   D C G   D C

[Verse 3]
  G             D C
I found my feet
     G
It's time to leave this
 D        C
 dead end street
    G                 D
For you, you know I'd walk
   C       G    D C
 a country mile

[Verse 4]
    G          D C
Now free to go
   G
To where we're going
 D       C
 I don't know
  G               D
I only know we're doing
 C     G     D C
it in style

Feel free to use our free Chord Shape Generator to see every chord in this song on guitar, ukulele and piano.

[Chorus]
Am                D
For a while there I was blue
(I was blue)
    G               Em
But now I'm walking next to you
    Am7                 D
You turned me round and led
                G
me back to the light
Am7               D
For a while there I was blue
(I was blue)
    G               Em
But now I'm walking next to you
    Am                  D
You turned me round and led
                G
me back to the light

[Outro]
D        C           G
(Led me) back to the light
D        C           G
(Led me) back to the light
D        C           G
(Led me) back to the light

How to play Back To The Light: key, chords and progression

These are Back To The Light chords by Teenage Fanclub on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Back To The Light by Teenage Fanclub sits in G major (one sharp: F♯), and you need 6 chords to play it: G, D, C, Am, Em and Am7.

Most of the song cycles through G – D – C – G (I – V – IV – I in G major). In solfa, that is doh – soh – fah – doh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.