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U2 – Midnight Sunshine Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Name: Midnight Sunshine
Uploaded: 2026-11-12T10:03:48Z
Duration: 3 min 44 s
Channel: U2 - Topic
Description: Midnight Sunshine by U2 - Topic. Play along with the chords on Yalle Media.

By Irabor Osamudiamen

ChordsB E A

KeyKeyCapo

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[Intro]
B E  A
B E  A
B E B E
B
E A E A
B A B A

[Chorus]
E     A              B
Yeah, time to take cover
E              A               B
 Yeah, in your bedroom or a bunker
B             A
 Yeah, in the dark we discover
B                 A
Midnight sunshine

[Verse 1]
E                           A              B            E
 I got a feeling like we're losing, but it feels like a win
                              A             B
Here on the ceiling, watching more than the whole world spin
B                  A
 You can move, but always keep the same address
B                              A                    E
 One eighty thousand miles per hour more or less we move

[Chorus]
      A              B
Yeah, time to take cover
E              A               B
 Yeah, in your bedroom or a bunker
B             A
 Yeah, in the dark we discover
B
Midnight sunshine
A
Midnight sunshine

[Verse 2]
E                              A              B            E
 Your heart is breaking now in ways you never knew that it could
                         A               B
On a small screen you discovered not all people are good
B                     A
 That's not such a surprise to me
B                                    A
 That's why your friendship's such a prize for me

[Verse 3]
B                             A
 Sing me a song like a boxing glove
Don't sing me a love song
B                        A
 Sing me a song that the world is afraid of
Don't sing me a love song
B                                           A
 And if you're mad at this world and you've had enough
Don't give up, no
B                                 A
 In the imagination of God we are all made up

[Verse 4]
E                       A              B           E
 Catastrophising is the glamorising of the world's pain
                           A              B
Don't want to make a devil bigger, stop repeating his name
B               A
 You say God no longer cares for us
B                         A
 I say the stars are only there for us (Midnight sunshine)
          E A B  E A
To shine (Shine)

[Bridge]
         B     E    A
We're midnight sunshine
   B     E    A
Midnight sunshine
                  B     A
We're midnight sunshine
                  B     A
We're midnight sunshine

[Chorus]
E     A              B
Yeah, time to take cover
E              A               B
 Yeah, in your bedroom or a bunker
B             A
 Yeah, in the dark we discover
B
Midnight sunshine
A                 E
Midnight sunshine

Watch: Midnight Sunshine

From U2 - Topic on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play Midnight Sunshine: key, chords and progression

Midnight Sunshine by U2 is written in E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯) and moves through 3 chords: B, E and A.

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

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes A, D, G (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 67% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.