Duran Duran - Shadows on Your Side: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Shadows on Your Side" 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 Shadows on Your Side Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Duran Duran

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 "Shadows on Your Side" smoothly on your guitar.

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

 Am                        Em
Shackled and raised for a shining crowd
      G                         Em
They want you to speak but the music is louder than
Am            Em            G
All of their roar with the heat of
              Em
the planet's core-but

Chorus:
      D                  Gm
The shadows are on your side
   D#                    A#
As soon as the lights go down
        D                     Gm
In the darkest place you can find
      D#                        D
You belong to the hands of the night

Promises made with a distant friend
Truth should be known it can only bend
To a tune of its own
Hey you'll never hear that voice again

Scandal in white on a tangled vine
With everybody to say that you're having the
Time of your life when your life is
on the slide-but

Chorus

Spinning a compass to choose your way
You can run you can dive you can
stand and you can soar
Whichever way you can be sure-that

Chorus

Shadows on your side
The shadows are on your side


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

A#

Guitar chord A#

D

Guitar chord D

D#

Guitar chord D#

Em

Guitar chord Em

G

Guitar chord G

Gm

Guitar chord Gm

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 "Shadows on Your Side" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Shadows on Your Side" by Duran Duran.

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