Noah Kahan - Godlight: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Godlight" 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 Godlight Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Noah Kahan

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 "Godlight" smoothly on your guitar.

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

18+
        C#m
There's no way out of an angry
                A
crowd without steppin' on some toes
          C#m
They'll scream your name 'til
the lights go out then they'll
 A
feed you to the wolves

It's hard to say who you'll be
when they let those big red curtains close
You know this 'cause you told me so

                C#m
I bet you forgot
                             E
Black heels in the summertime
                                          A
Dad's bad, cookin' though, you'd be polite
                                                B/D#
Honey, now you got a look that I can't recognize
                                E
You pulled me aside and you said

Chorus:
E
To know me is to hate me
                           A
Is to hate what I've become
It's to watch me as I'm fallin'
                             C#m
From that ladder's last rung
                        B
It's to feel it like a secret
                        A
You can't keep in, I'm not the way I was
I'm not the way I was

Were you freed within, did you leave your skin?
Are you tethered in your doubt?
Have you breathed it in
'til it's medicine that you cannot live without?
'Cause you came back home a fuckin'
alien and we're stuck here on the ground
Call your mom back, kid, before the high comes down

'Cause you forgot
Black heels in the summertime
Dirt road smoking on a Friday night
Honey, now you got a look that I don't recognize
You pulled me aside and you said

Chorus:
To know me is to hate me
Is to hate what I've become
It's to watch me as I'm fallin'
From that ladder's last rung
It's to feel it like a secret
You can't keep in, I'm not the way I was
I'm not the way I was
But to feel it, to see it
The look in all their eyes
Is to breathe in, to be in
The good grace of that Godlight
It's to have it in your hands
The one thing you wanted all your life
"It's all mine"

It's a hole I can't fill, it's a curse
I can't break
And I gave my soul to it,
and I cannot be reclaimed
I was younger then, I was younger then
I was young

Chorus:
To know me is to hate me
Is to hate what I've become
It's to watch me as I'm fallin'
From that ladder's last rung
It's to feel it like a secret
You can't keep in, I'm not the way I was
I'm not the way I was
But to feel it, to see it
The look in all their eyes
Is to breathe in, to be in
The good grace of that Godlight
It's to have it in your hands
The one thing you wanted all your life
"It's all mine"

And to feel it, to see it
The look in all your eyes
Is to breathe in, to be in
The good grace of this Godlight
It's to have it in your hands
The one thing I wanted all my life
It's all mine


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

C#m

Guitar chord C#m

D#

Guitar chord D#

E

Guitar chord E

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 "Godlight" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Godlight" by Noah Kahan.