​a-ha - The Sun Never Shone That Day: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "The Sun Never Shone That Day" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

Cm                        Fm
The sun never shone that day
         C#             Cm      D#
From an early dawn the sky was grey
Cm                        Fm
I never should've walked away
    C#                    Cm      D#
I know that now, but i'm here to say :
C7                Fm
Everybody walks away
C7                  Fm
Everybody's led astray
C7                       Fm
Breaking every plan to stay
    D#     C#       C7
It happens all the time

The sun never shone that day
From an early dawn the sky was grey
I never should've walked away
I see that now, but it's hard to show
Everybody'got to go
Everybody tells you so
Everybody wants to know
Why it happens all the time

Chorus:
F        D#      A#
I can't see the point of turning
 C7                F
everything upside down
I can't see the point of greeting
everything with a frown
I can't see the point of painting
everything black or white
I can't see the point of leaving
                  Fm
everyone full of doubt

The sun never shone that day
From an early dawn the sky was grey
I never should've walked away
I know that now, but i'm here to say :

Everybody holds their own
Everybody lives alone
Everybody hogs the phone
It happens all the time

Everybody feels the strain
Everybody holds the pain
Everybody stays the same
It happens all the time

Chorus

The sun never shone that day
The sun never shone that day


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

C#

Guitar chord C#

C7

Guitar chord C7

D#

Guitar chord D#

F

Guitar chord F

Fm

Guitar chord Fm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "The Sun Never Shone That Day" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "The Sun Never Shone That Day" by ​a-ha.

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