The Living Daylights chords by A-ha (Official Version)

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Dm 
F 
Gm7 
Hey driver, where we going?
Dm 
F 
Gm7 
I swear my nerves are showing
Dm 
F 
C 
Gm 
Set your hopes up way too high
Dm 
F 
Gm 
Am 
The living's in the way we
Dm 
F 
Gm 
Am 
die
Dm 
F 
Gm 

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Pre-chorus 1

Comes the morning

and the headlights fade away

Hundred thousand people,

I'm the one they frame

I've been waiting long

for one of us to say

"Save the darkness,

let it never fade away"

Chorus 1
Dm 
F 
Gm7 
C 
Oh, the living
Dm 
F 
Gm7 
C 
daylights
Dm 
F 
Gm7 
C 
Oh, the living
Dm 
F 
Gm7 
C 
daylights
Gm 
C 
Am 
C 

Verse 2
Dm 
F 
Gm7 
All right, hold  on tight now
Dm 
F 
Gm7 
It's down, down  to the wire
Dm 
F 
C 
Gm 
Set your hopes up way too high
Dm 
F 
Gm 
Am 
The living's in the way we
Dm 
F 
Gm 
Am 
die
Dm 
F 
Gm 

Pre-chorus 2
Fm 
Bb 
Comes the morning
Cm 
and the headlights fade away
Fm 
Bb 
Hundred thousand changes,
Cm 
Db 
everything's the same
Fm 
Bb 
I've been waiting long
Cm 
Bb 
for one of us to say
Fm 
Bb 
"Save the darkness,
Db 
Eb 
let it never fade away"

Chorus 2
Dm 
F 
Gm7 
C 
Oh, the living
Dm 
F 
Gm7 
C 
daylights
Dm 
F 
Gm7 
C 
Oh, the living
Dm 
F 
Gm7 
C 
daylights
Dm 
F 
Gm7 
C 
Oh, the living
Eb 
daylights

Interlude 1

Pre-chorus 3

Comes the morning

and the headlights fade away

Hundred thousand people,

I'm the one they frame

Chorus 3

Gm7

Oh, the living

Gm7

daylights

Gm7

Oh, the living

daylights

Outro 1
Dm 
F 
C 
Gm 
The living daylights
Dm 
F 
C 
Gm 
Set your hopes up way too high
Dm 
F 
C 
Gm 
The living's in the way we die
Dm 
F 
C 
Gm 
Set your hopes up way too high
Dm 
F 
C 
Gm 
The living's in the way we die
[Fade Out]

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Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: AdvancedKey: D minorBPM: 120

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

Dm: x-x-0-2-3-1
Gm: 3-5-5-3-3-3
Am: x-0-2-2-1-0
F: x-3-3-2-1-x
Gm7: 3-5-3-3-3-3
C: x-3-2-0-1-0
Fm: x-x-3-1-1-1
Bb: x-1-3-3-3-x
Cm: x-3-5-5-4-x
Db: x-4-6-6-6-x
Eb: x-6-8-8-8-x

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This is the definitive original version of The Living Daylights by A-Ha, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of D minor. It is designed for experienced players looking to reproduce the full sonic intent and artistic expression of A-Ha.