Chords + Lyrics | Get Lucky
Intro
||: Bm | D | F#m | E :||
Verse 1
||: Bm | D | F#m | E :||
Like the legend of the Phoenix, huh. All ends with beginnings.
What keeps the planet spinning, ah. The force from the beginning, hm, love.
Bridge 1
||: Bm | D | F#m | E :||
We’ve come too far, to give up who we are.
So let’s raise the bar and our cups to the stars.
Chorus 1
| Bm | D |
She’s up all night ’til the sun, I’m up all night to get some.
| F#m | E |
She’s up all night for good fun, I’m up all night to get lucky.
| Bm | D |
We’re up all night ’til the sun. We’re up all night to get some.
| F#m | E |
We’re up all night for good fun. We’re up all night to get lucky.
| Bm | D |
We’re up all night to get lucky. We’re up all night to get lucky.
| F#m | E |
We’re up all night to get lucky. We’re up all night to get lucky.
Instrumental
| Bm | D | F#m | E |
Verse 2
The present has no rhythm, your gift keeps on givin’.
What is this I’m feeling? If you wanna leave I’m with it, ah.
Bridge 2
We’ve come too far, to give up who we are.
So let’s raise the bar and our cups to the stars.
Chorus 2 (short)
| Bm | D |
She’s up all night ’til the sun, I’m up all night to get some.
| F#m | E |
She’s up all night for good fun, I’m up all night to get lucky.
Chorus 3 (breakdown)
| Bm | D |
We’re up all night ’til the sun, we’re up all night to get some.
| F#m | E |
We’re up all night for good fun, we’re up all night to get lucky.
| Bm | D |
We’re up all night to get lucky. We’re up all night to get lucky.
| F#m | E |
We’re up all night to get lucky. We’re up all night to get lucky.
Chorus 4 (breakdown 2)
||: Bm | D | F#m | E :||
||: We’re up all night to get… We’re up all night to get… :|| x4
||: We’re up all night to get lucky. We’re up all night to get lucky :|| x4
Bridge 3
We’ve come too far to give up who we are (we’re up all night to get lucky x4).
So let’s raise the bar and our cups to the stars (we’re up all night to get lucky x4).
Chorus 5
||: Bm | D | F#m | E :||
She’s up all night ’til the sun, I’m up all night to get some.
She’s up all night for good fun. I’m up all night to get lucky.
We’re up all night ’til the sun, we’re up all night to get some.
We’re up all night for good fun, we’re up all night to get lucky.
||: We’re up all night to get lucky. We’re up all night to get lucky. :|| x8
Outro
||: Bm | D | F#m | E :||
Get Lucky Backing Tracks | Chord Analysis
I made backing tracks for Get Lucky using AI to extract the chords. There are two versions above, the second has no vocals. The first version with vocals has been blocked in some countries due to copyright restrictions.
Practise using these and the chord chart to prepare yourself for playing Get Lucky with a band live.
Chord Progression – What’s Going On?
Get Lucky’s chords form a diatonic chord progression, meaning, all chords could be found in the key of A or F#m. Bm is II, D is IV, F#m is VI, and E is V, like this:
||: Bm (II) | D (IV) | F#m (VI) | E (V) :||
However, neither A nor F#m is the home, instead, Bm is home and since that’s chord II, Get Lucky is “in Dorian”, just like I Wish, Good Times, Scarborough Fair, and Mad World.
As the chord progression never stops looping the four chords Bm – D – F#m – E, the band can focus on playing well together and using dynamics in the arrangement, instead of remembering what chords to play.
If you’re in a band and you have a good relationship with the drummer, perhaps you could point out that there are no tom fills on the original recording and even go on to explain how that’s why it’s so good…
Just make sure the drummer is not the band leader as you may have to look for a new gig in the morning!
I’ve made some TAB for Get Lucky which is an exercise in playing the chords all over the fretboard. Practice this to become free and able to improvise the way you play Get Lucky’s chords.
Here’s a link to the TAB lesson: Get Lucky – Guitar Lesson with TAB.
And here’s a chord chart, its main job is to display the structure of the tune, you remember the chords, right?
This is the same chord chart you find in the backing tracks above.
Get Lucky Chord Chart | PDF + iReal Pro Download
Should you want to download my chart, here’s a PDF: Get Lucky chord chart PDF.
This chord chart was created using iReal Pro, here’s a link to that file: Get Lucky iReal Pro. Using this and the iRealPro app, you can change the key although I have never had to do this.
Get Lucky TAB | Course Preview
I’ve made some TAB for you which, if studied properly, will set you up to improvise how you play the chords for Get Lucky, here’s a preview.
This example is played using the starting point of an Em shape for the Bm chord. By practising like this in all area, you will be able to move around the fretboard in an improvised way.
In the course, you get four more examples like this.
Song of the Year in 2013
2013 was the year we all couldn’t stop dancing to Get Lucky by Daft Punk. The song went to #1 in over 20 countries!
It sold 6.5 million copies in the U.S. and the U.K. and got Song of the Year at the Grammy Awards.
Written by Daft Punk, Nile Rodgers, and Pharell Williams over 18 months, it wasn’t until everyone rerecorded their parts to fit around Nile’s guitar that it all fell into place.
Considering how popular this tune has remained, perhaps Get Lucky is not just the song of 2013, but the song of the decade!
Get Lucky Chords: Continue Learning
Want to master this song? Check out the full TAB lesson here: Get Lucky (Daft Punk) Guitar Lesson with TAB.
Alternatively, here are five similar tunes you might enjoy:
