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Bruce Springsteen – Dont Play That Song Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsE C#m A B

KeyKeyCapo

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[Intro]
E   C#m   A   B

[Verse 1]
E
Don't play that song for me
C#m
Though it brings back
 sweet memories
A
Of the days that I once knew
B
Of the days I spent with you

[Verse 2]
E
Oh no, don't you let it play
C#m
It fills my heart with pain
A
Please stop it right away
B
Cause I remember
 just-a what it said

[Chorus]
B
Well it said
E
(Darling, I love you)
                      C#m
Oh, you know that you lied
C#m
(Darling, I love you)
                      A
Oh, you know that you lied
A
(Darling, I love you)
                      B
Oh, you know that you lied
(you lied), you lied (you lied)
                   E
You lie, lie, lie, lied

[Verse 3]
E
I remember on our first date
C#m
You kissed me then you walked away
A
You were only seventeen
B
I never thought you'd act so mean

[Verse 4]
E
But you told me that you loved me
C#m
And you told me that you cared
A
You said you'd go with me, darling
B
Oh, anytime, anywhere

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[Chorus]
                  E
But, darling, you lied
E
(Darling, I love you)
                 C#m
Oh, darling, you lied
C#m
(Darling, I love you)
                   A
Yeah, darling, you lied
A
(Darling, I love you)
                      B
Oh, you know that you lied
 (you lied, you lied)
                   E
You lie, lie, lie, lied

[Verse 5]
E             C#m
   I remember those summer
nights down by the shore
A
As the band played,
with you in my arms
       B                       E
And we moved across that floor
                         C#m
Then, darling, you went away
    A
But all I've got to say is
                        B
I don't care if you lied
B
Let's dance

[Chorus]
                  E
But, darling, you lied
E
(Darling, I love you)
                 C#m
Oh, darling, you lied
C#m
(Darling, I love you)
                   A
Yeah, darling, you lied
A
(Darling, I love you)
                      B
Oh, you know that you lied
(you lied, you lied)
                      E
You lie, lie, lie, lied
E
(Darling, I love you)
                 C#m
Oh, darling, you lied
C#m
(Darling, I love you)
                 A
Oh, darling, you lied
A
(Darling, I love you)
                B
Oh, darling you lied
(you lied), you lied
(you lied)
                       E
You lie, lie, lie, lied
E
(Darling, I love you)
                  C#m
You know that you lied
C#m
(Darling, I love you)
                   A
Yeah, darling, you lied
A
(Darling, I love you)
                B
Oh, darling you lied
(you lied), you lied
(you lied)
                      E
You lie, lie, lie, lied

[Outro]
E
(Darling, I love you)
C#m
(Darling, I love you)
A                     B
(Darling, I love you)

How to play Dont Play That Song: key, chords and progression

These are Dont Play That Song chords by Bruce Springsteen on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Dont Play That Song by Bruce Springsteen is in the key of E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯). The song uses 4 chords: E, C#m, A and B.

The progression the song keeps returning to is E – C#m – A – B (I – vi – IV – V in E major), the classic 1950s “doo-wop” progression. In solfa, that is doh – lah – fah – soh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes D, Bm, G, A (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.