Keane - Sovereign Light Café: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Sovereign Light Café" 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 Sovereign Light Café Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Keane

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 "Sovereign Light Café" smoothly on your guitar.

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

           B
I'm going back to a time when we owned this town
      E
Down Powder Mill Lane, in the battlegrounds
C#m       B                    G#m        F#
We were friends and lovers and clueless clowns

I didn't know I was finding out how I'd be torn from you
When we talked about things we were gonna do
We were wide eyed dreamers and wiser too

Chorus:
                E               B
Go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
By the lights of the Palace Arcade
                        E                     G#m   F#
And watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

I'm begging you for some sign
But you've still got nothing to say
Don't turn your back on me, don't walk away
I'm a better man now than I was that day

Chorus:
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade
By the lights of the Palace Arcade
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café
Let's go down to the bandstand on the pier
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
To take turns, as the stars of the Sovereign Light Café

    E       B            F#
I wheel my bike off the train,
        F#
Up the North Trade Road,
E             B             F#
And look for you on Marley Lane
                          G#m
In every building, every streetsign
                    E              F#  G#m B F#
Oh why did we ever go so far from home?

Well you've got nothing to hide
You can't change who you really are
You can get a big house and a faster car
You can run away boy, but you won't go far

Chorus:
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade
By the lights of the Palace Arcade
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café
Let's go down to the bandstand on the pier
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
To take turns, as the stars of the Sovereign Light Café

Sha La la la la la Yeah Yeah
I'm going where the people know my name


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

C#m

Guitar chord C#m

E

Guitar chord E

F#

Guitar chord F#

G#m

Guitar chord G#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 "Sovereign Light Café" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Sovereign Light Café" by Keane.