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Martin Garrix & DubVision feat. Shaun Farrugia – Starlight Keep Me Afloat Chords

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
G C

[Verse 1]
            G
If I have to go
                    C
Please don't tell me when
                   G
Need a little more time
                 C
I hope you understand

[Pre-Chorus]
       Am
Like a guardian,
       Bm
you're watching over me
            C
Through the depths of
            D
my own despair
       Am0
I look up to the sky and
  Bm
I find my peace
  C              D
I know you'll be there, so

[Chorus]
C
 Starlight, won't you lead
     D
 the way down this river
Em         Bm              C
  Keep me afloat, keep me afloat
                 D
If I ever drift away,
won't you be there
Am                         C
  Keep me afloat, keep me afloat
                D
Till the end of time,
             Em
make me feel safe
           Bm
Oh, I just need you nеxt to me
C
 Starlight, won't you lead
     D
 the way down this rivеr
Am
  Keep me afloat, keep me afloat

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[Drop]
C D Em Bm
C D
Am
  Keep me afloat, keep me afloat

[Verse 2]
                     C       D
I see you through the clouds
             Em    Bm
I feel you anyways
                   C
And I'd never walk out
D                  Am
Even on my darkest days

[Pre-Chorus]
       C
Like a guardian,
                D
you're watching over me
            Em
Through the depths of
          Bm
my own despair
       C
I look up to the sky
      D
and I find my peace
  Am
I know you'll be there, so

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[Chorus]
C
 Starlight, won't you lead
     D
 the way down this river
Em         Bm              C
  Keep me afloat, keep me afloat
                 D
If I ever drift away,
won't you be there
Am                         C
  Keep me afloat, keep me afloat
                D
Till the end of time,
             Em
make me feel safe
           Bm
Oh, I just need you nеxt to me
C
 Starlight, won't you lead
    D
 the way down this rivеr
Em
  Keep me afloat, keep me afloat

[Bridge]
C
 Starlight, won't you lead
     D
 the way down this rivеr
Em
  Keep me afloat, keep me afloat

[Drop]
C D Em Bm
C D
Am
  Keep me afloat, keep me afloat

[Outro]
C   D Em   Bm
 Ooh, ooh, woo, ooh
C
 Starlight, won't you lead
     D
 the way down this rivеr
Am
  Keep me afloat, keep me afloat

How to play Starlight Keep Me Afloat: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Starlight Keep Me Afloat by Martin Garrix & DubVision feat. Shaun Farrugia on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

To play Starlight Keep Me Afloat by Martin Garrix & DubVision feat. Shaun Farrugia, think in G major (one sharp: F♯). It takes 7 chords: G, C, Am, Bm, D, Am0 and Em.

The progression the song keeps returning to is C – D – Em – Bm (IV – V – vi – iii in G major). In solfa, that is fah – soh – lah – mi. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.