You Light Up My Life - Debby Boone

Simplified chord chart for You Light Up My Life - Debby Boone (karaoke of Shiron Karaoke), in A at 76 BPM: 10 chords instead of 15, and 56 changes instead of 62. Sevenths became triads (A, Am, B, Bm, D, E, Em, F# and others), which cuts down the shapes you have to learn. Good for playing along all the way through without stalling on a change.

KeyA

Tempo 76 BPM

Chord changes56

ChannelShiron Karaoke

In this version the sevenths were reduced to triads, and 6 changes too short for the hand to follow were merged. A diminished chord appears as minor — that is a substitution, not an equivalence: it sounds close when you are playing along, but it is not the same chord. For the harmony as it is, use the full version.

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Diatonic chords of A

Degrees of the key
I	ii	iii	IV	V	vi	vii°
A	Bm	C#m	D	E	F#m	G#°

Chord track

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Notes that make up each chord

Useful for one-note-at-a-time instruments — sax, trumpet, flute, violin: they do not play the chord, they play its notes.

Chord	Notes	Functions
A	A C# E	root, major third, fifth
Am	A C E	root, minor third, fifth
B	B D# F#	root, major third, fifth
Bm	B D F#	root, minor third, fifth
D	D F# A	root, major third, fifth
E	E G# B	root, major third, fifth
Em	E G B	root, minor third, fifth
F#	F# A# C#	root, major third, fifth
F#m	F# A C#	root, minor third, fifth
G	G B D	root, major third, fifth

Full chord chart with timings

The same sequence as a table, for reference or printing.

#	Time	Chord	Length
1	0:05	Am	7.4s
2	0:12	D	2.4s
3	0:14	G	2.4s
4	0:17	Em	2.4s
5	0:19	F#m	2.4s
6	0:22	B	2.4s
7	0:24	Em	4.7s
8	0:29	Am	2.3s
9	0:31	D	2.3s
10	0:33	G	2.3s
11	0:36	Em	2.3s
12	0:38	F#	4.6s
13	0:42	A	4.9s
14	0:47	D	9.5s
15	0:57	B	4.7s
16	1:02	Em	4.7s
17	1:06	A	4.7s
18	1:11	D	2.4s
19	1:13	Bm	2.4s
20	1:16	Em	2.3s
21	1:18	Am	4.7s
22	1:23	D	2.4s
23	1:25	G	2.4s
24	1:28	Em	2.4s
25	1:30	F#m	2.4s
26	1:32	B	2.4s
27	1:35	Em	4.8s
28	1:39	Am	2.4s
29	1:42	D	2.4s
30	1:44	G	2.4s
31	1:47	Em	2.4s
32	1:49	F#	4.8s
33	1:54	A	5.0s
34	1:59	D	9.7s
35	2:08	B	4.8s
36	2:13	Em	4.8s
37	2:18	A	4.8s
38	2:23	D	2.4s
39	2:25	Bm	2.4s
40	2:28	Em	2.3s
41	2:30	A	2.3s
42	2:32	D	9.2s
43	2:42	B	4.6s
44	2:46	Em	4.6s
45	2:51	A	4.6s
46	2:55	F#	4.6s
47	3:00	Bm	2.3s
48	3:02	E	2.3s
49	3:05	D	2.3s
50	3:07	F#	2.4s
51	3:09	Bm	2.4s
52	3:12	E	2.4s
53	3:14	D	2.3s
54	3:16	A	8.3s
55	3:25	G	8.2s
56	3:33	D	—