Taylor Swift - Daylight: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Daylight" 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 Daylight Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Taylor Swift

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 "Daylight" smoothly on your guitar.

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

                 C           G        F
My love was as cruel as the cities I lived in
C         G                   F
Everyone looked worse in the light
                   C                G           F
There are so many lines that I've crossed unforgiven
      C             G                   F
I'll tell you the truth, but never goodbye

Chorus:
C                                               G
I don't wanna look at anything else now that I saw you
Dm
I don't wanna think of anything else
              F
now that I thought of you
      C                                  G
I've been sleeping so long in a 20-year dark night
               Dm
And now I see daylight,
            F
I only see daylight

Luck of the draw only draws the unlucky
And so I became the butt of the joke
I wounded the good and I trusted the wicked
Clearing the air, I breathed in the smoke

C
Maybe you ran with the wolves and
refused to settle down
G
Maybe I've stormed out of every
single room in this town
Dm
Threw out our cloaks and our daggers
because it's morning now
F
It's brighter now, now

Chorus:
C                                               G
I don't wanna look at anything else now that I saw you
(I can never look away)
Dm
I don't wanna think of anything else
              F
now that I thought of you
(Things will never be the same)
      C                                  G
I've been sleeping so long in a 20-year dark night
(Now I'm wide awake)
               Dm
And now I see daylight (Daylight),
            F
I only see daylight (Daylight)
            C                                G
I only see daylight, daylight, daylight, daylight
            Dm                               F
I only see daylight, daylight, daylight, daylight

C
 And I can still see it all (In my mind)
G
 All of you, all of me (Intertwined)
Dm
 I once believed love would be (Black and white)
F
 But it's golden (Golden)
C
 And I can still see it all (In my head)
G
 Back and forth from New York
(Singing in your bed)
Dm
 I once believed love would be (Burning red)
F
 But it's golden
  C
 Daylight
          G
 Like daylight
      Dm
 Like daylight,
  F
 Daylight


Chorus

            C                                G
I only see daylight, daylight, daylight, daylight
           Dm                                F
I only see daylight, daylight, daylight, daylight (Ah)
            C                                G
I only see daylight, daylight, daylight, daylight
           Dm                                F
I only see daylight, daylight, daylight, daylight

C         G
 Like daylight
      Dm           F
 It's golden like daylight
             C                                G
 You gotta step into the daylight and let it go
             Dm          F C G
 Just let it go, let it go
    Dm
 I wanna be defined by the things that I love
F
 Not the things I hate
                            C
 Not the things that I'm afraid of,
 I'm afraid of
                    G
 Not the things that haunt me
 in the middle of the night
    Dm
 I, I just think that
F
 You are what you love


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C

Guitar chord C

Dm

Guitar chord Dm

F

Guitar chord F

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 "Daylight" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Daylight" by Taylor Swift.

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