Owl City - The Yacht Club: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "The Yacht Club" on your guitar with our chord guide. 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.

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

F#      C#     G#        C#     F#
My raw candy passion is bitter-sweet,
C#       G#
Onto the teeth,
  F#              C#              G#
'Cause she would rather fall in chocolate,
      C#      F#     C#            G#
Than fall in love, especially with me.
D#m      C#        F#  G#
I stood under the waterfall,
        D#m   C#      F#  G#
With a kiwi pineapple parasol,
D#m    C#                   F#    G#
As Cinderella dropped the crystal ball,
            A#m      F7        C#
And made a concrete cavern of caterpillar
D#m      F#   F#m
concert hall.

Chorus:
                      G#  A#m  F#  C#    G#
I wish that we could sail our sad days away,
 A#m C# F#
forever,
     G#  A#m  F#      C#    G#
In deep blue seas of paper maché,
        A#m            C#
(Let's dance in the moonlight!)
    F#        G#   A#m F#   C#   G#   A#m C# F#
A barracuda chased our dog days away, forever,
       G#  A#m  F#       C#          G#
Let's sink or swim, 'til we fall in love,
       A#m         C#
(And dance in the moonlight!)
      F#           C#
 When we join The Yacht Club.

I would rather go swimming
With great white sharks
Than wade in romance
'Cause I can never find the courage
To ask her to dinner
Or even to dance
(Let's dance in the moonlight)
Don't sweat under your overcoat
'Cause my heart can harbor this paddle boat
You'll hit the bottom of the highest note
And the chatty tree frogs will never wanna
Leave your throat

Chorus

 D#m            C#
(Let go of the world you know,
     F#                G#
And plug in the party lights)
D#m                     C#
Soak your cares in the solar flares,
      F#                    G#
That light up these island nights,
   D#m                  C#
(Orange eclipse, I can taste your lips,
        F#       G#
In the citrus afternoon)
D#m                    C#
If you can fly, don't stop at the sky,
                    F#            G#
'Cause there's footprints on the Moon.
         C#
(It was you...)

Chorus

G# A#m F# C# G#        A#m            C#
           (Let's dance in the moonlight!)
          F#       C#
When we join The Yacht Club.


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#m

Guitar chord A#m

C#

Guitar chord C#

D#m

Guitar chord D#m

F7

Guitar chord F7

F#

Guitar chord F#

F#m

Guitar chord F#m

G#

Guitar chord G#

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 "The Yacht Club" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "The Yacht Club" by Owl City.