AJR – The Dj Is Crying For Help Chords on Piano & Ukulele

AJR – The Dj Is Crying For Help Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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ChordsD/ABmEm9Em7AGEmDF#mA/C#Dsus2

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These are The Dj Is Crying For Help chords by AJR on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

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[Intro]
D/A Bm Em9 Em7

[Verse 1]
D/A                    Bm
Everyone's laughing at me
    Em9                 Em7
But not like they used to
      D/A                        Bm
The room's spinnin' all around me
     Em9                Em7
But not like I'm used to

[Pre-Chorus]
 A              Bm
Hired, hired, cannot get hired
G
I got no skills
except gettin' high
     A
I'm tryin', tryin',
 Bm
 I can start Friday
        G
You've wasted your life
 but thanks for applying
[Chorus]
Em             D
   Hey, now, hold up,
                 F#m
we were fun as hell
          Bm
I'm all grown up,
                   Em7
but you couldn't tell
       D
Now I don't know what
               A
 to do with myself
Em         D
   You got older
                     F#m
'cause you good at life
         Bm                  Em7
I'm all seventeen at thirty-five
       D
Now I don't know if there's
          A
anything else

[Post-Chorus]
                      G   D
The DJ is crying for help
A/C#     Bm                G   D
     The DJ is crying for help
A/C#         Bm
     Don't know what
               G
to do with myself
          D
Hey now, hold up,
                A/C#
 we were fun as hell
          Bm
I'm all grown up,
                   G
but you couldn't tell
       D
Now I don't know what
              A/C#
to do with myself
    Bm                D   Dsus2
The DJ is crying for help

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[Verse 2]
D/A                     Bm
Everyone's trippin' on pills
     Em9                     Em7
But now they're prescribed too
    D/A
And everyone's stackin'
        Bm
their bills
     Em9                  Em7
But not 'cause they like to

[Pre-Chorus]
     A             Bm
Oh, hired, hired, cannot get hired
G
Yeah, I fucked up,
but I did it my way
A                Bm
Tryin', tryin', I can
 start Friday
G
Gettin' alive's
a little like dyin'

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[Chorus]
Em            D
   Hey, now, hold up,
                 F#m
 we were fun as hell
          Bm
I'm all grown up,
                   Em7
but you couldn't tell
       D
Now I don't know
                    A
what to do with myself
Em         D
   You got older
                     F#m
 'cause you good at life
         Bm                  Em7
I'm all seventeen at thirty-five
       D
Now I don't know if
                  A
 there's anything else

[Post-Chorus]
                      G   D
The DJ is crying for help
           A/C#       Bm
(Drownin' me out) The DJ
                G   D
is crying for help
           A/C#          Bm
(Drownin' me out) Don't know
                     G
what to do with myself
          D
Hey now, hold up,
                 A/C#
 we were fun as hell
          Bm
I'm all grown up,
                   G
but you couldn't tell
       D
Now I don't know what
              A/C#
 to do with myself
    Bm                G
The DJ is crying for help

        D
You got older 'cause you good
     A/C#
 at life (Drownin' me out)
         Bm                  G
I'm all seventeen at thirty-five
       D
Now I don't know if
                 A/C#
there's anything else
    Bm
The DJ is crying for help

[Bridge]
            G
And now I'm all (I'm all)
   D
 alone (Alone)
 A/C#            Bm         G
Waitin' for the beat to drop
    D              A/C#
Be kind to me, be kind
              Bm
and wait it out
            G
And now I'm all (I'm all)
   D
 alone (Alone)
 A/C#             Bm        G
Waitin' 'til the party starts
    D              A/C#
Be kind to me, be kind
              Bm
and wait it out

[Outro]
                D
And now I'm all alone
 A                          D
Waitin' 'til the party starts

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How to play The Dj Is Crying For Help: key, chords and progression

The Dj Is Crying For Help by AJR is centred on D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). The song uses 11 chords: D/A, Bm, Em9, Em7, A, G, Em, D, F#m, A/C# and Dsus2.

The progression the song keeps returning to is G – D – A/C# – Bm (IV – I – V – vi in D major), a rotation of the four-chord pop progression that starts on the IV chord. In solfa, that is fah – doh – soh – lah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: Bm, Em9 and F#m are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.

Chord diagrams

D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
Bm chord on guitar (x24432)
BmB D F♯
Em9 chord on guitar (020002)
Em9E G B D F♯
Em7 chord on guitar (020000)
Em7E G B D
A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
Em chord on guitar (022000)
EmE G B
F#m chord on guitar (244222)
F♯mF♯ A C♯
Dsus2 chord on guitar (xx0230)
Dsus2D E A

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The Dj Is Crying For Help chords: questions

What key is The Dj Is Crying For Help in?

The Dj Is Crying For Help by AJR is centred on D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯).

What chords are in The Dj Is Crying For Help?

The Dj Is Crying For Help uses 11 chords: D/A, Bm, Em9, Em7, A, G, Em, D, F#m, A/C#, Dsus2.

What is the chord progression of The Dj Is Crying For Help?

The main progression is G – D – A/C# – Bm (IV – I – V – vi), a rotation of the four-chord pop progression that starts on the IV chord.

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