Passenger - Needle in the Dark: Ukulele Chords

Learn to play "Needle in the Dark" on your ukulele with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to play this song on the ukulele, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Needle in the Dark ukulele chords and lyrics

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the ukulele chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Needle in the Dark" smoothly on your ukulele.

Gm    A#              F
With progress comes problems
                  Gm
With wisdom comes age
     A#            F
With lessons come learning
                        Gm
And pleasure comes with pain
        A#             F
You can only have the sunshine
           Gm
after the rain

         Gm
I took a walk
            A#
It got me thinking
 F
Left foot, right foot
Smiling, blinking
 Gm            A#
Breathe out, breathe in
         F
Somehow linking

    Gm                     A#
My soul to my mind and my heart to my mouth
 F
Lost and the found and the north to the south
         Gm             A#           F
And the corners to the circle in my mind

Chorus:
Gm      A#            Dm
We may find that the gate has been locked
     Gm            A#             Dm
When we come back down to what we really are
Gm           A#                 Dm
Retrace the footprints off the path that is lost
          G#             A#             F
Is like trying to find a needle in the dark

My hands they are empty
But they are clean
I'm poor but I'm healthy
I'm halfway between
The gutter and the skyline

So I took a walk to the land's end
Thinking ‘bout an ex-girlfriend that I had
And the pages that I've turned
And it seems to me
That we all love the chase
But once we're caught we feel encased
Behind bars of love and trust
Uprooted by drunken lust
By people, people just like us
People, people just like us

Chorus

So I took a walk to the station
Lost in my imagination
Having private conversations with myself
And I'm just stumbling ‘round
And I wait for the sound
Of this crumbling town to come tumbling down
People say I'm just bummin' around
But I've had both my ears to the ground

         Gm  A# Dm
To the ground
         Gm  A# Dm
To the ground

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Ukulele Chord Diagrams

A#

Ukulele chord A#

Dm

Ukulele chord Dm

F

Ukulele chord F

Gm

Ukulele chord Gm

G#

Ukulele chord G#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each ukulele 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 "Needle in the Dark" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "Needle in the Dark" by Passenger.

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