Blinding Lights | Chords + Lyrics
Intro
||: Fm | Fm | Cm | Cm |
| Eb | Eb | Bb | Bb :||
Verse 1
| Fm | Fm | Cm | Cm |
I’ve been tryna call, I’ve been on my own for long enough.
| Eb | Eb | Bb | Bb |
Maybe you can show me how to love, maybe.
| Fm | Fm | Cm | Cm |
I’m going through withdrawals, you don’t even have to do too much.
| Eb | Eb | Bb | Bb |
You can turn me on with just a touch, baby. I look around and,
Bridge 1
| Fm | Fm |
Sin City’s cold and empty (oh).
| Cm | Cm |
No one’s around to judge me (oh).
| Eb | Eb | N.C | N.C |
I can’t see clearly when you’re gone.
Chorus 1
| Fm | Fm | Cm | Cm |
I said, ooh, I’m blinded by the lights.
| Eb | Eb | Bb | Bb |
No, I can’t sleep until I feel your touch.
| Fm | Fm | Cm | Cm |
I said, ooh, I’m drowning in the night.
| Eb | Eb | Bb | Bb |
Oh, when I’m like this, you’re the one I trust. Hey, hey, hey!
Instrumental 1
| Fm | Fm | Cm | Cm |
| Eb | Eb | Bb | Bb |
Verse 2
| Fm | Fm | Cm | Cm |
I’m running out of time, ’cause I can see the sun light up the sky.
| Eb | Eb | Bb | Bb |
So I hit the road in overdrive, baby. Oh, oh, oh.
Bridge 2
| Fm | Fm |
The city’s cold and empty (oh).
| Cm | Cm |
No one’s around to judge me (oh).
| Eb | Eb | N.C | N.C |
I can’t see clearly when you’re gone.
Chorus 2
| Fm | Fm | Cm | Cm |
I said, ooh, I’m blinded by the lights.
| Eb | Eb | Bb | Bb |
No, I can’t sleep until I feel your touch.
| Fm | Fm | Cm | Cm |
I said, ooh, I’m drowning in the night.
| Eb | Eb | Bb | Bb |
Oh, when I’m like this, you’re the one I trust.
Middle 8
| Fm | Fm |
I’m just walking by to let you know (by to let you know).
| Cm | Cm |
I can never say it on the phone (say it on the phone).
| Eb | Eb | Bb | Bb |
Will never let you go, this time (ooh).
Chorus 3
| Fm | Fm | Cm | Cm |
I said, ooh, I’m blinded by the lights.
| Eb | Eb | Bb | N.C |
No, I can’t sleep until I feel your touch. Hey, hey, hey!
Instrumental 2
| Fm | Fm | Cm | Cm |
| Eb | Eb | Bb | Bb |
Hey, hey, hey!
| Fm | Fm | Cm | Cm |
| Eb | Eb | Bb | Bb |
Outro (breakdown)
| Fm | Fm | Cm | Cm |
I said, ooh, I’m blinded by the lights.
| Eb | Eb | Bb | Bb |
No, I can’t sleep until I feel your touch.
Blinding Lights chords, progressions, and TAB
Blinding Lights by The Weeknd is a four-chord song. The order of these chords is unusual, but the progression is diatonic like this: II – VI – I – V.
Because the I chord is in bar 3, we never feel rested and a never-ending loop has been created. In the key of Eb, the Roman numerals translate to:
||: Fm | Cm | Eb | Bb :||
The only change we get to these chords is at the end of the bridge where the Bb is muted.
All that is left to do here is work out how to play that synth hook on the guitar, here it is in TAB, feel free to slide into some of these notes.
On a final note, for those of you that want to learn how to write hits or even just hooks, take note of the intervals have been used above. The first and last of each phrase matters the most.
- Fm – R – b7 – 9 – 5
- Cm – 4 – m3 – 5 – R
- Eb – 5 – 3 – 2 – R
- Bb – 5
- All these notes are from the Eb Major Pentatonic
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The Weeknd’s debut album came out in 2015 but his big break came with Earned It, the soundtrack for the controversial movie 50 Shades Of Grey.
His best-known tunes include Earned It, Can’t Feel My Face, Starboy, Die For You, Blinding Lights, and Save Your Tears.
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