Lighting Bolt Chords
by Jake Bugg
Lighting Bolt by Jake Bugg is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, B, A, Bm and Bsus4. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: E B A (x4)
E B A E
Morning, it's another pure grey morning
B A E
Don't know what the day is holding
B A
When I get uptight
E B A (E)
And I walk right into the path of a lightning bolt
(E B A)(x2)
E B A E
Sirens of an ambulance comes howling
B A E
Right through the centre of town and
B A
No one blinks an eye
E B A (E)
And I look up to the sky in the path of a lighting bolt
(E B A)(x2)
E B A E
Met her as the angels parted for her
B A E
But she only brought me torture
B A
But that's what happens
E B A (E)
When it's you who's standing in the path of a ligthning bolt
Link: E A B E E E
Bm Bsus4
Everyone I see just wants to walk with gritted teeth
E
But I just stand by and I wait my time
Bm Bsus4
They say you gotta toe the line they want the water not the wine
E A (E)
But when I see the signs I jump on that lightning bolt
Solo:
(E) B A E
E|-7-7-7-10-12-12-10-12- -7-7-7-|
B|---------------------- x4 -------|
E B A E
Chances, people tell you not to take chances
B A E
When they tell you there aren't any answers
B A E
And I was starting to agree
B A (E)
But I awoke suddenly in the path of a lightning bolt
Link: E A B x2
E B A E
Fortune, people talking all about fortune
B A E
Do you make it or does it just call you
B A
In the blinking of an eye
E B A E
Just another passer by in the path of a lightning bolt
Link: E A B E E E
Bm Bsus4
Everyone I see just wants to walk with gritted teeth
E
But I just stand by and I wait my time
Bm Bsus4
They say you gotta toe the line they want the water not the wine
E A (E)
But when I see the signs I jump on that lightning bolt
Solo:
(E) B A E
E|-7-7-7-10-12-12-10-12- -7-7-7-|
B|---------------------- x4 -------|
E B A E
It was silent, I was lying back gazing skyward
B A E
When the moment got shattered
B A
I remembered what she said
E B A E
And then she fled in the path of a lightning bolt
Outro: E B A (x3)
(E)