The Downtown Lights Chords by The Blue Nile

Tempo:
99.55 bpm
Chords used:

E

B

A

F#m

Em

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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THE BLUE NILE- The downtown lights chords
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[B] [E]
[B] [E] [B]
[E]
[B]
[E]
Sometimes I walk away, when all I really want to do is love and hold you right.
There is just one thing I can say, nobody loves you this way.
It's alright,
[B] can't [Em] you see, [B] we're downtown [G#m] [E]
life.
In [B] [E]
love we're all the same, [G#m]
[E] we're walking [B] down [E] an empty street.
And with no money come empty streets,
[B] empty [C#] nights.
[E]
We're downtown [Em] life.
[A] How do I know you feel it?
How do I know you feel it?
How do I know you feel it?
How do I know it's true?
Yeah, yeah, [C#] yeah, yeah, [A]
yeah.
It's [E] alright.
[A] Tonight and [E] every night, [B] [A] let's go [E] walking down a silky-tip [C#m] street.
[A] Let's walk in the cool [E] evening.
Wrong or [F#m] right, [B] you're at my [C#] side.
[E] We're downtown life.
It will be alright.
It will [B] be [Em] alright.
[A] We're downtown [E] life.
Yeah,
[A] you feel it.
How do I know you feel it?
How do I know you feel it?
Oh, it's true.
It's [F#m] alright.
It's [E]
alright.
[Bm]
[E] Downtown life.
Yeah, [B] yeah.
[E]
You feel it.
[B]
[E] [F#m] You feel it.
[E] [F#m]
[E] [F#m]
[E]
Key:  
E
2311
B
12341112
A
1231
F#m
123111112
Em
121
E
2311
B
12341112
A
1231
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To learn The Blue Nile - The Downtown Lights chords, focus on the sequence of these chords: B, E and B. Begin your practice at a relaxed 49 BPM, then work your way up to the song's BPM of 100. With the song's key of E Major, set your capo to fit your vocal range and chord choice.

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[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Sometimes I walk away, _ _ when all I really want to do _ _ _ _ _ is love and hold you right.
_ _ _ There is just one thing I can say, _ _ _ _ nobody loves you this way.
_ _ _ It's alright, _
_ [B] _ _ _ can't [Em] you see, _ [B] we're downtown [G#m] _ [E]
life.
_ In [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
love we're all the same, _ [G#m] _ _
[E] _ we're walking [B] down [E] an empty street.
_ _ And with no money come _ _ _ _ _ _ empty streets, _ _ _ _
[B] empty _ [C#] nights.
_ _ [E] _
_ _ We're downtown [Em] life. _ _
_ _ [A] How do I know you feel it? _
_ _ How do I know you feel it?
_ _ How do I know you feel it?
_ _ _ How do I know it's true? _
_ Yeah, _ _ _ _ _ _ yeah, [C#] yeah, yeah, _ _ [A] _
yeah.
It's [E] alright. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] Tonight and [E] every night, _ [B] _ [A] let's go [E] walking down a silky-tip [C#m] street. _
_ _ _ [A] Let's walk in the cool [E] evening.
_ _ _ _ _ Wrong or [F#m] right, _ _ _ [B] you're at my [C#] _ side.
_ [E] _ We're downtown _ _ life.
_ _ It will be alright. _ _ _
It will [B] be [Em] alright.
_ [A] We're downtown [E] _ life. _ _ _ _ _
Yeah, _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ you feel it. _ _
How do I know you feel it? _ _
_ How do I know you feel it? _ _
_ _ Oh, it's true. _ _
It's [F#m] alright.
_ It's [E] _ _
_ alright.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[E] Downtown life. _ _ _ _
_ Yeah, [B] yeah.
_ [E] _ _
_ _ _ You feel it.
[B] _
_ _ [E] _ [F#m] You feel it. _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _

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Among the tracks on the album Hats, written by Paul Gerard Buchanan, this one stands out.

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