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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[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

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[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

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

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

The Dj Is Crying For Help by AJR keeps coming home to D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). You need 11 chords: D/A, Bm, Em9, Em7, A, G, Em, D, F#m, A/C# and Dsus2.

Listen for 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: the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is fah – doh – soh – lah. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Good to know: Bm, Em9 and F#m are the tricky part on guitar (barre or movable shapes). Slow the change down until it is clean; on piano and ukulele they are simpler.

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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