Arctic Monkeys - Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. 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.

Learn Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Arctic Monkeys

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured" smoothly on your guitar.

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

F#m
We'll ask if we can have six in
If not we'll have to have two
Well, you're coming up at our end aren't you?
So I'll get one with you
Won't he let us have six in?
Especially not with the food
He could have just told us no, though
He didn't have to be rude
You see her with the green dress?
She talked to me at the bar
Well, how come it's already two-pound fifty?
We've only gone about a yard
Didn't you see she were gorgeous?
She were beyond belief
But this lad at the side drinking his Smirnoff Ice
Came and paid for her Tropical Reef

Chorus:
         B
And I'm sitting going backwards
       A
And I didn't want to leave
        B
I said "It's High Green, mate
E    F#m  E         F#m
Via Hillsborough, please"

Well, how funny were that sketch earlier
Up near that taxi rank?
Oh no, you would have missed it
Think it were when you went to the bank
These two lads squaring up, proper shouting
'Bout who were next in the queue
The kind of thing that'd seem so silly
But not when they've both had a few

       B
Well, calm down, temper, temper
      A
You shouldn't get so annoyed
             B                        A
Well, you're acting like a silly little boy
          B
Oh, they wanted to be men
             A
And do some fighting in the street
          B
He said "No surrender
E    F#m  E    F#m
No chance of retreat"

Chorus:
And so why are they in the taxi?
'Cause I didn't want to leave
I said, "It's High Green, mate
Via Hillsborough, please!"

Drunken plots hatched to jump it
Ask around, "Are you sure?"
Went for it, but the red light was showing
And red light indicates doors are secure


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

E

Guitar chord E

F#m

Guitar chord F#m

B

Guitar chord B

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 "Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured" by Arctic Monkeys.

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