Apr32024

ERNEST – Why Dallas Chords on Piano and Ukulele

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These are Why Dallas by ERNEST on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar & Keyboard.

[Intro]
C  C  E  E7  Am  Am  Gm  C
F  F#dim  C  A7  D7  G  C

[Verse]
   C
I know the stars are bright
            E7
Above that little Texas town
Am
I bet I'm nowhere near her
 G          C
mind right now
       F               F#dim
Oh but I can't say the same
           C              Am
It's been thundering and rain
        D
I'm so full of all this liquor
                          G
And I'm drowning in this pain
I'm wondering

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[Chorus]
 C                    E7
Why, Dallas, did you take
her from me?
 Am
Everything was fine out here
     Gm               C
in Nashville, Tennessee
              F          F#dim
We went from chasing Amarillo
         C           A7
Now I'm chasing memories
                D7
I'm wondering, "Why did you
 G            C
take her from me?"
Lord

[Instrument]
C  C  E7  E7  Am  Am  Gm  C7
F  F#dim  C  A7  D7  G  C

[Verse]
   C
If I could see the ocean
         E
I would pour it on my head
 Am
Float around this desert
        Gm             C
Like a possum playing dead
 F            F#dim
Maybe I could drift back to
       C
 her heart
             A7
And find the bed
 D7
Maybe she'll forget
last night
     D            G
And everything I said
I'm wondering

[Chorus]
 C                    E
Why, Dallas, did you take
her from me?
 Am
Everything was fine out on
   Gm              C
a beach here in Maui
              F          F#dim
We went from chasing Amarillo
         C           A7
Now I'm chasing memories
                D7
I'm wondering, "Why did you
 G            C
take her from me?"
C'mon play something

[Instrument]
C  C  E7  E7  Am  Am  Gm  C7
F  F#dim  G   A7  D7  D7  D7  G

[Chorus]
       C
Ohhh, why, Dallas, did you
  E7
take her from me?
 Am
Everything was perfect out
          Gm               C
here in Nashville, Tennessee
              F          F#dim
We went from chasing Amarillo
         C           A7
Now I'm chasing memories
                D7
I'm wondering, "Why did you
  G
take her?
         D7
Roll my heart right up and
  G
break it?
      D7           G
Yeah, why did you take her
      C    C     C
from me?

Watch: ERNEST - Why Dallas (feat. Lukas Nelson) (Lyric Video)

From ERNESTVEVO on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play Why Dallas: key, chords and progression

To play Why Dallas by ERNEST, think in G major (one sharp: F♯). It takes 12 chords: C, E, E7, Am, Gm, F, F#dim, A7, D7, G, D and C7.

Listen for C – F – F#dim – C (IV – ♭VII – vii° – IV in G major): the song comes back to it again and again. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

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