Lightning Strikes Chords by Yes

Tempo:
115.65 bpm
Chords used:

D

G

A

Bb

F

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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YES - Lightning Strikes chords
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[D]
[Gbm] [E] [D] [G]
[D] [G] [D]
[G] [D] [G]
[D] What you gonna do when the lightning [D] strikes and hits [G] you?
[A] Who you gonna [G] call for the secrets of [D] stealing the world?
[G] [A]
Swimming in this [G] ocean [E] of words on your [D] new cell [G] phone
[D] Diving for the [G] wisdom of pearls in your eyes
[A] Come [D] on
[G]
[D]
[G] [D] [G]
[D] What you [G] gonna do when the lightning [D] strikes and hits you?
[G] [A] How [D] you gonna [G] laugh when the joke of [D] forgetting [G] flies?
[D]
Stepping off the [G] cloud into [A] space, whatever [D] freaks you
[G]
[D] Show me how [G] you got to so warm for [D] being alive
[G] [A] [D] Waking [C] up and quickly to [D] power
[G] [D]
Dancing [C] up, dancing [D] to war
[G]
[F] [Bb] Get this trouble [Bb] raised
[C] [D] Shake it [G] up, shake me till [D] I come
[G] Shake it [D] up now
Shake [G] [B] [D] [G] it up, shake me till I come
[D] Shake [G] it up, shake me till I [D] come
Shake it [G] up, [A] run like the wind
Who [G] you gonna call when [A] the fog [D] is chasing [G] you?
[D]
Spin it [G] out of shape now you're running [D] to the game
[G]
[A] [D] I'll spin in [G] your seatbelts and I'll have [Gbm] good games
I'll be your best, [A] best, you best
[D] Showing you the [G] good of [D] nothing
[G] [D]
Take, [Bm] take, take, take me [D] through the lightning
[G]
[D] [G] Don't talk, we always
[D]
[G] [F] Riding [Bb] on till you get [F] the picture
[Bb] [D]
Shake it up, [G] let me [D] get the song
[G]
[A] Let me get the song
[D] Yeah, he said, let's dance together
Keep my feelings, I'll keep my feelings
Yeah, he said, let's dance together
Touching my spirit, touching my feelings
Yeah, he said, coming together
Touching my spirit, touching my feelings
Yeah, he said, coming together
Touching my spirit, touching my feelings
Talk, talk, [C] talk, keep moving, [D] how it [G] circles
[D]
Moving, [G] you move
[D] [G]
[F] Take me, take me, take me to the new [Bb] day
[D] Take me [G] up, let me get [D] the song
[G] [F]
Take, take, [Bb] take me dancing [F] through the [Bb] lightning
[D] As we're moving [G] through the red head [D] to the sun
[G] Yeah, [D] yeah, yeah
[G]
Let me get [D] the [G] song
[D]
Yeah, [G] let [A] me get the [G] song
[D] Come on
[G] [D]
[G] [D] [G]
[A] [D]
Ooh, [G] yeah
[D] [G] [D]
[G] [D]
[G] [D]
Key:  
D
1321
G
2131
A
1231
Bb
12341111
F
134211111
D
1321
G
2131
A
1231
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To learn Yes - Lightning Strikes chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - D, D, G and D of chords. Begin your practice at a relaxed 57 BPM, then work your way up to the song's BPM of 116. For a balanced pitch, adjust the capo with respect to your voice and the song's key: D Major.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gbm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] What you gonna do when the lightning [D] strikes and hits [G] you?
_ [A] Who you gonna [G] call for the secrets of [D] stealing the world?
_ [G] _ _ [A]
Swimming in this [G] ocean [E] of words on your [D] new cell [G] phone
_ _ [D] Diving for the [G] wisdom of pearls in your eyes
_ _ [A] Come [D] on
_ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] What you [G] gonna do when the lightning [D] strikes and hits you?
[G] [A] How _ [D] you gonna [G] laugh when the joke of [D] forgetting [G] flies?
_ _ [D]
Stepping off the [G] cloud into [A] space, whatever [D] freaks you
[G] _
_ _ [D] Show me how [G] you got to so warm for [D] being alive
[G] _ [A] _ _ [D] Waking [C] up and quickly to [D] power
[G] _ _ _ [D]
Dancing [C] up, dancing [D] to war
[G] _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ Get this trouble [Bb] raised
[C] _ _ [D] Shake it [G] up, shake me till [D] I come
[G] _ Shake it [D] up now
Shake [G] _ [B] _ _ [D] _ [G] it up, shake me till I come
[D] Shake [G] it up, shake me till I [D] come
Shake it [G] up, [A] run like the wind
Who [G] you gonna call when [A] the fog [D] is chasing [G] you?
_ _ [D]
Spin it [G] out of shape now you're running [D] to the game
[G] _ _
[A] _ _ [D] I'll spin in [G] your seatbelts and I'll have [Gbm] good games
I'll be your best, [A] best, you best
[D] Showing you the [G] good of [D] nothing
_ [G] _ _ _ [D]
Take, [Bm] take, take, take me [D] through the lightning
_ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ [G] Don't talk, we always
[D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ Riding [Bb] on till you get [F] the picture
[Bb] _ _ _ [D]
Shake it up, [G] let me [D] get the song
[G]
[A] Let me get the song _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] Yeah, he said, let's dance together
Keep my feelings, I'll keep my feelings
Yeah, he said, let's dance together
Touching my spirit, touching my feelings
Yeah, he said, coming together
Touching my spirit, touching my feelings
Yeah, he said, coming together
Touching my spirit, touching my feelings
_ _ _ _ _ Talk, talk, [C] talk, keep moving, [D] how it [G] circles
_ _ [D] _
Moving, [G] you move
_ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [F] Take me, take me, take me to the new [Bb] day
_ [D] _ Take me [G] up, let me get [D] the song
[G] _ _ _ [F]
Take, take, [Bb] take me dancing [F] through the [Bb] lightning
_ [D] As we're moving [G] through the red head [D] to the sun
[G] _ Yeah, [D] yeah, yeah
_ [G]
Let me get [D] the [G] song
_ _ [D]
Yeah, [G] let [A] me get the [G] song
[D] Come on
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Ooh, [G] yeah
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Facts about this song

It's Alan White, Steve Howe, Jon Anderson, Billy Sherwood, Chris Squire and Igor Khoroshev who authored this song.

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