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Tom Rosenthal – Lights Are On Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsG F D A

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[Verse 1]
  G   G      F
God stood me up
                  D
And I don't know why
Lights are on
  G    G      D
But nobody's home

[Refrain]
G                D              G
There ain't no love like our love
  G              D             G
There ain't no love like our love
  G               G               D
Like our love, love, love, love, love

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[Verse 2]
 G             G    D
Let the last worms go
      A
And roll in tonight
  G      G    D
Don't wake us up
            A
We got nothing for you

[Refrain]
  G                           D
There ain't no love like our love
  G                            D
There ain't no love like our love
G
Like our love, love,
             D
love, love, love

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[Verse 3]
  A         G
Build us a door
      G            D
And rest here with me
    G
Lights are on
        D
But nobody's home

[Refrain]
  G                           D
There ain't no love like our love
    G                          D
There ain't no love like our love

How to play Lights Are: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Lights Are On by Tom Rosenthal on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Lights Are by Tom Rosenthal is built around D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯), with 4 chords in all: G, F, D and A.

The progression the song keeps returning to is G – D – A – G (IV – I – V – IV in D major). In solfa, that is fah – doh – soh – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes D, C, A, E (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.