The Lamp Is Low Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays475

The Lamp Is Low by Deborah Carter is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords Am7/9, Dsus9(13), D7, G6/9, C7/9, Bm7, E7, Dm7, G7sus, G9, C7M, F7, A#m7, D#7, C7, Am5-/7, D7/9- and G6. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
Speed
  			
Am7/9                  Dsus9(13)    D7  G6/9 C7/9          
Dream beside me in the midnight glow 
                    Bm7  E7 
The lamp is low 
Am7/9                        Dsus9(13)          D7 G6/9 C7/9          
Dream and watch the shadows come and go 
                    G6/9 
The lamp is low 
Dm7                    G7sus  G9 
While you linger in my  arms 
C7M                                       F7  A#m7 D#7 
My lips will sigh "I love you so" 
Am7/9                     Dsus9(13)    C7    Bm7   E7      
Dream the sweetest dream we'll ever know 
                    Am5-/7         D7/9- 
Tonight the moon is high 
                    G6   (bm7 E7) 
The lamp is low 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante