Hozier - Sunlight: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Sunlight" 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 Sunlight Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Hozier

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 "Sunlight" smoothly on your guitar.

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         C9            F                   A#
I would shun the light, share in evening's cool and quiet
D#7                   D7
Who would trade that hum of night
     F         A#        Gm
For sunlight, sunlight, sunlight
                 C9
But whose heart would not take flight
F                  A#
Betray the moon as acolyte
D#7                    D7
On first and fierce affirming sight
    F         A#        Gm
Of sunlight, sunlight, sunlight

Chorus:
                        F
I had been lost to you sunlight
And flew like a moth to you,
 C/E            Gm
sunlight, oh, sunlight
                  D7
Oh, your love is sunlight
                  Cm
Oh, your love is sunlight
A#             Gm
Oh, but it is sunlight

All the tales the same
Told before and told again
A soul that’s born in cold and rain
Knows sunlight, sunlight, sunlight
And at last can grant a name
To a buried and a burning flame
As love and its decisive pain
Oh, my sunlight, sunlight, sunlight

Chorus:
All that was shown to me, sunlight
Was somethin' foreknown to me,
sunlight, oh sunlight
Oh, your love is sunlight
Oh, your love is sunlight
But it is sunlight
Oh, your love is sunlight
Oh, your love is sunlight
But it is sunlight, sunlight

    D#    F    A#
Oh, all these colors fade for you (only)
Cm   D7  Gm         F         A#
Hold me, carry me slowly, my sunlight
    D#    F    A#
Oh, all these colors fade for you (only)
Cm   D7  Gm         F         A#
Hold me, carry me slowly, my sunlight

Each day, you'd rise with me
Know that I would gladly be
The Icarus to your certainty
Oh, my sunlight, sunlight, sunlight
Strap the wing to me
Death trap clad happily
With wax melted, I’d meet the sea
Under sunlight, sunlight, sunlight

Chorus:
Oh, your love is sunlight
Oh, your love is sunlight
But it is sunlight
Oh, your love is sunlight
Oh, your love is sunlight
But it is sunlight
Oh, your love is sunlight
Oh, your love is sunlight
But it is sunlight
Oh, your love is sunlight
Oh, your love is sunlight
But it is sunlight

Sunlight, sunlight, sunlight, sunlight, sunlight


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

C

Guitar chord C

C9

Guitar chord C9

D#

Guitar chord D#

D7

Guitar chord D7

D#7

Guitar chord D#7

E

Guitar chord E

F

Guitar chord F

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 "Sunlight" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Sunlight" by Hozier.