Billy Joel - Turn the Lights Back On Chords & Lyrics

Created at: 2026-01-24

Updated at: 2026-03-05

Title	Turn the Lights Back On
Artist	Billy Joel
Language	English
Year Released	2024
Key	C Major
BPM	♩. = 56
Time Signature	6/8
Guitar Difficulty	★★★
YouTube	Watch on YouTube

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E7/G#

3fr

D/F#

Gsus4

Chords & Lyrics

Billy Joel - Turn the Lights Back On

Key: C Major

BPM: ♩. = 56

Time: 6/8

||C |

|F |

|G |

E7/G# |

||Am |

|D/F# |

|Gsus4

G |

Em |

||C |

Please open the

|F |

door, nothing is

|G |

different, we’ve been here be-

fore,

E7/G# |

pacing these-

||Am |

halls, trying to

|D/F# |

talk, over the

|Gsus4

silence,

G |

Em |

and-

||C |

pride sticks out its

|F |

tongue, laughs at the

|G |

portrait that we’ve be-

come,

E7/G# |

stuck in a-

||Am |

frame, unable to

|D/F# |

change, I was

|Gsus4

wrong,

G |

Em |

I’m-

||C |

late, but I’m

|F |

here right

|G |

now, though I

used to

E7/G# |

be ro-

||Am |

mantic, I for-

|D/F# |

got some-

|Gsus4

how,

G |

time can

make

G |

you blind-

||C |

But I

|F |

see you

|G |

now, as we’re

layin’

E7/G# |

in the-

||Am |

darkness, did I

|D/F# |

wait too

|Gsus4

long,

G |

to turn the

lights-

G |

back-

||C |

on?

|F |

|Gsus4

G |

Em |

||C |

Here, stuck on a

|F |

hill, outsiders

|G |

inside the home that we

built, the

E7/G# |

cold settles-

||Am |

in, it’s been a long

|D/F# |

winter of in-

|Gsus4

dif-

G |

ference,

and

Em |

maybe you-

||C |

love me, maybe you

|F |

don’t, maybe you’ll

|G |

learn to and maybe you

won’t,

E7/G# |

you’ve had e-

||Am |

nough, but I won’t give

|D/F# |

up, on

|Gsus4

you,

G |

Em |

I’m-

||C |

late, but I’m

|F |

here right

|G |

now, and I’m

tryin’ to

E7/G# |

find the mag-

||Am |

ic, that we

|D/F# |

lost some-

|Gsus4

how,

G |

maybe

G |

was-

||C |

blind, but I

|F |

see you

|G |

now, as we’re

layin’

E7/G# |

in the-

||Am |

darkness, did I

|D/F# |

wait too

|Gsus4

long,

G |

to turn the

lights-

G |

back-

||Am |

on?

|D |

|G |

|C |

||F |

|Gsus4

G |

|F |

|Gsus4

G |

I’m-

||C |

late, but I’m

|F |

here right

|G |

now, is there

still time

E7/G# |

for for-

||Am |

giveness? Won’t you

|D/F# |

tell me

|Gsus4

how?

G |

I can’t

Em |

read your-

||C |

mind, but I

|F |

see you

|G |

now, as we’re

layin’

E7/G# |

in the dark-

||Am |

ness, did I

|D/F# |

wait too

|Gsus4

long,

G |

to turn the

lights-

G |

back-

||C |

on?

|F |

I’m here right

|G |

now,

yes, I’m

E7/G# |

here right-

||Am |

now,

|D/F# |

looking for for-

|Gsus4

giveness,

G |

I can-

||C |

see as we’re

|F |

layin’ in the dark-

|G |

ness, yeah, as we’re

layin’

E7/G# |

in the-

||Am |

darkness, did I

|D/F# |

wait too

|Gsus4

long,

G |

to turn the

G |

lights back-

||C |

on?

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Billy Joel - Turn the Lights Back On Chords & Lyrics

Created at: 2026-01-24

Updated at: 2026-03-05

Title	Turn the Lights Back On
Artist	Billy Joel
Language	English
Year Released	2024
Key	C Major
BPM	♩. = 56
Time Signature	6/8
Guitar Difficulty	★★★
YouTube	Watch on YouTube

Spacebar	Play/Pause
Left Arrow	Backwards 5 seconds
Right Arrow	Forwards 5 seconds

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Guitar Chord Chart

E7/G#

3fr

D/F#

Gsus4

Chords & Lyrics

Billy Joel - Turn the Lights Back On

Key: C Major

BPM: ♩. = 56

Time: 6/8

||C |

|F |

|G |

E7/G# |

||Am |

|D/F# |

|Gsus4

G |

Em |

||C |

Please open the

|F |

door, nothing is

|G |

different, we’ve been here be-

fore,

E7/G# |

pacing these-

||Am |

halls, trying to

|D/F# |

talk, over the

|Gsus4

silence,

G |

Em |

and-

||C |

pride sticks out its

|F |

tongue, laughs at the

|G |

portrait that we’ve be-

come,

E7/G# |

stuck in a-

||Am |

frame, unable to

|D/F# |

change, I was

|Gsus4

wrong,

G |

Em |

I’m-

||C |

late, but I’m

|F |

here right

|G |

now, though I

used to

E7/G# |

be ro-

||Am |

mantic, I for-

|D/F# |

got some-

|Gsus4

how,

G |

time can

make

G |

you blind-

||C |

But I

|F |

see you

|G |

now, as we’re

layin’

E7/G# |

in the-

||Am |

darkness, did I

|D/F# |

wait too

|Gsus4

long,

G |

to turn the

lights-

G |

back-

||C |

on?

|F |

|Gsus4

G |

Em |

||C |

Here, stuck on a

|F |

hill, outsiders

|G |

inside the home that we

built, the

E7/G# |

cold settles-

||Am |

in, it’s been a long

|D/F# |

winter of in-

|Gsus4

dif-

G |

ference,

and

Em |

maybe you-

||C |

love me, maybe you

|F |

don’t, maybe you’ll

|G |

learn to and maybe you

won’t,

E7/G# |

you’ve had e-

||Am |

nough, but I won’t give

|D/F# |

up, on

|Gsus4

you,

G |

Em |

I’m-

||C |

late, but I’m

|F |

here right

|G |

now, and I’m

tryin’ to

E7/G# |

find the mag-

||Am |

ic, that we

|D/F# |

lost some-

|Gsus4

how,

G |

maybe

G |

was-

||C |

blind, but I

|F |

see you

|G |

now, as we’re

layin’

E7/G# |

in the-

||Am |

darkness, did I

|D/F# |

wait too

|Gsus4

long,

G |

to turn the

lights-

G |

back-

||Am |

on?

|D |

|G |

|C |

||F |

|Gsus4

G |

|F |

|Gsus4

G |

I’m-

||C |

late, but I’m

|F |

here right

|G |

now, is there

still time

E7/G# |

for for-

||Am |

giveness? Won’t you

|D/F# |

tell me

|Gsus4

how?

G |

I can’t

Em |

read your-

||C |

mind, but I

|F |

see you

|G |

now, as we’re

layin’

E7/G# |

in the dark-

||Am |

ness, did I

|D/F# |

wait too

|Gsus4

long,

G |

to turn the

lights-

G |

back-

||C |

on?

|F |

I’m here right

|G |

now,

yes, I’m

E7/G# |

here right-

||Am |

now,

|D/F# |

looking for for-

|Gsus4

giveness,

G |

I can-

||C |

see as we’re

|F |

layin’ in the dark-

|G |

ness, yeah, as we’re

layin’

E7/G# |

in the-

||Am |

darkness, did I

|D/F# |

wait too

|Gsus4

long,

G |

to turn the

G |

lights back-

||C |

on?

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