Bleachers feat. Bruce Springsteen – Chinatown Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Bleachers feat. Bruce Springsteen – Chinatown Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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ChordsEEsus4C#mABEsusF#m

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[Intro]
E Esus4 E x4
C#m A B A E x2

[Verse 1]
E         Esus4     
Get in my backseat, 
     E   Esus4
honeypie
E                  Esus4   
And I'll wear your sadness 
           E    Esus4
like it's mine
       E         Esus4
'Cause it's just good 
   E                Esus4
to feel what's been missing
           E             Esus4
Yeah, it's bad when it's good 
   E         Esus4
to always be missing

[Chorus]
      C#m
But a girl like you
             A
Could rip me out of my head
B
Black tears on your cheek
  E               B
I want them in my bed
              C#m
I'll take you out of the city
        A
Honey, right into the shadow
          B
Because I wanna find tomorrow
        B
Yeah, I wanna find tomorrow
       C#m
With a girl like you
          A
You're my Chinatown baby
B
Sittin' on the front stoop
A              B
Crying out the crazy
              C#m
I'll take you out of the city
       A
Honey, right into the shadow
          B
Because I wanna find tomorrow
        B             A     
Yeah, I wanna find tomorrow 
          E
with you, baby

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[Verse 2]
E                    Esus4 
Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme 
             E     Esus4
that big red light
E            Esus        
And take the sadness out 
   E        Esus4
of Saturday night
       E           Esus4
'Cause that's just good 
   E             Esus4
to have what was missing
        E         Esus4
We were bad to be bad, 
             Esus4
to always be missing

[Chorus]
      C#m
But a girl like you
             A
Could rip me out of my head
B
Black tears on your cheek
  E               B
I want them in my bed
              C#m
I'll take you out of the city
        A
Honey, right into the shadow
          B
Because I wanna find tomorrow
        B
Yeah, I wanna find tomorrow
       C#m
With a girl like you
          A
You're my Chinatown baby
B
Sittin' on the front stoop
A              B
Crying out the crazy
              C#m
I'll take you out of the city
       A
Honey, right into the shadow
          B
Because I wanna find tomorrow
        B             A     
Yeah, I wanna find tomorrow 
          C#m
with you, baby

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[Bridge]
         A
I wanna run
         B
I wanna run
          B           F#m
I love to chase every feeling
         C#m
I wanna run
         A
I wanna run
         B
I wanna run
         B             A     
'Cause I wanna find tomorrow 
           C#m
with you, baby
    A  B
Oh-oh, oh-oh
                          A   E
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
   C#m    A
Oh-oh, oh-oh
  B                       B
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, 
yeah, yeah, yeah

[Outro]       
We don't have to break every 
                 C#m
dream we've ever known
                 A
Running down the hall
               B
Running up the wall
                 B     
We don't have to chase 
                      C#m
everything we've ever made
                 A
Running down the hall 
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
               B
Running up the wall 
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
                 B           
We don't have to break every 
                 C#m
dream we've ever known

[Outro]
A    B

How to play Chinatown: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Chinatown by Bleachers feat. Bruce Springsteen on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Chinatown by Bleachers feat. Bruce Springsteen sits in E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯), and you need 7 chords to play it: E, Esus4, C#m, A, B, Esus and F#m.

The backbone of the song is B – C#m – A – B (V – vi – IV – V in E major). In solfa, that is soh – lah – fah – soh. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes D, Dsus4, Bm, G, A, Em (83% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

E chord on guitar (022100)
EE G♯ B
Esus4 chord on guitar (022200)
Esus4E A B
C#m chord on guitar (x46654)
C♯mC♯ E G♯
A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E
B chord on guitar (x24442)
BB D♯ F♯
F#m chord on guitar (244222)
F♯mF♯ A C♯

Chinatown chords: questions

What key is Chinatown in?

Chinatown by Bleachers feat. Bruce Springsteen is in the key of E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯).

What chords are in Chinatown?

Chinatown uses 7 chords: E, Esus4, C#m, A, B, Esus, F#m.

What is the chord progression of Chinatown?

The main progression is B – C#m – A – B (V – vi – IV – V).

Is Chinatown easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes D, Dsus4, Bm, G, A, Em (83% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo).

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