Rate for accuracy
🎸
Tuning: DADF#AD
Listen closely for the rhythm cause it can be a bit tricky, and the finger placement may
need a little practice,
but it's not that hard.
Artist: Mumford & Sons
Song: Lover of the Light
Intro verse:
|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0-0-0----------------------------------|
|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0-0-0----------------------------------|
|-7---0---7---0---5---8---8-7-5----------------------------------|
|-7---0---7---0---5---7---9-7-5----------------------------------|
|-x---0---x---0---x---x---x-x-x----------------------------------|
|-7---0---7---0---5---7---9-7-5---(5)---2-4--2-0-----------------|
Verse 1:
(Piano)
|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0-0--0-0-----------------------------|
|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0-0--0-0-----------------------------|
|-0---5---0---0---5---7---8---5---0--x-x--x-0-----------------------------|
|-0---5---0---0---5---7---9---5---0--2-4--2-0-----------------------------|
|-0---x---0---0---x---x---x---x---0--x-x--x-0-----------------------------|
|-0---5---0---0---5---7---9---5---0--2-4--2-0-----------------------------|
Tip: The last couple of chords ( over "I'll be yours, if you'll be mine") Are played with just your
middle and ring finger, so press down on the frets and dampen the strings below it with
those two fingers.
Verse 2
Same chords as verse 1, except now the guitar plays a rhythm. listen carefully to how he plays it.
Pre-Chorus 1:
Build up each chord
|-----------------------------------------0-------------|
|-----------------------------------------0-------------|
|-5-5-5-5-Etc.-7-7-7-7-Etc.-8-8-8-8-Etc.--0-------------|
|-5-5-5-5------7-7-7-7------9-9-9-9-------0-------------|
|-x-x-x-x------x-x-x-x------x-x-x-x-------0-------------|
|-5-5-5-5------7-7-7-7------9-9-9-9-------0-------------|
Verse 3&4: same as Verse 2(& 1)
Pre-Chorus 2: same as Pre-Chorus 1
Instrumental bit:
Just the Chords, listen to the rhythm.
|-0---0---0---0------------------------|
|-0---0---0---0------------------------|
|-8---0---8---0------------------------|
|-9---0---9---0------------------------|
|-x---0---x---0------------------------|
|-9---0---9---0------------------------|
Bridge:
|-0---0---0---0---0--0--0-0-0---0--0--0-0-0-------0-0--0-0-----|
|-0---0---0---0---0--0--0-0-0---0--0--0-0-0-------0-0--0-0-----|
|-7---0---7---0---5--3--8-7-5---5--3--8-7-5-------x-x--x-0-----|
|-7---0---7---0---5--4--9-7-5---5--4--9-7-5-------2-4--2-0-----|
|-x---0---x---0---x--x--x-x-x---x--x--x-x-x-------x-x--x-0-----|
|-7---0---7---0---5--4--9-7-5---5--4--9-7-5---(5)-2-4--2-0-----|
Banjo Solo:
banjo:
|--0------------0--7---------0-0-0h7p0-------------------|
|----9-7-10-9-7-------10-9-7-----------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8---8--8-8-8-8--------------------------| Repeat
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar:
|-0---0---0---0-|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------------|
|-0---0---0---0-|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------------|
|-0---0---0---0-|-8---0---5---7---8---0---5---7---8---0------------|
|-0---0---0---0-|-9---0---5---7---9---0---5---7---9---0------------|
|-0---0---0---0-|-x---0---x---x---x---0---x---x---x---0------------|
|-0---0---0---0-|-9---0---5---7---9---0---5---7---9---0------------|
Then another Pre-Chorus that is like the other ones.
Outro
|-0---0---0---0---0---------------------------------|
|-0---0---0---0---0---------------------------------|
|-0---5---7---8---0---------------------------------|
|-0---5---7---9---0---------------------------------|
|-0---x---x---x---0---------------------------------|
Other versions of this song
- Lover Of The Light (Chords)
- Lover Of The Light (Bass)
Song History
Last Updated: September 10, 2025