Jun292024

Joshua Bassett – Dancing With Tears In My Eyes Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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These are Dancing With Tears In My Eyes chords by Joshua Bassett on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
D#m
(I lied when I
F#
said I'm fine)
        B
(At the disco, dancin'
with tears in my eyes)

[Verse 1]
D#m
Dancin' with a
cigarette,
F#
drunk on a Sunday
B
morning
D#m
Standin' on the
edge is
F#
somethin' we'll
   B
regret
D#m
Makin' a
mess of the
F#
bed we made
B
Playin' with
fire we
already tamed
D#m             F#
Romeo and Juliet, we
              B
shoulda known better

[Pre-Chorus]
              D#m
I caught your eyes
under
    F#
the lights
            B
And now I'm spinnin'

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[Chorus]
D#m
    I lied when I
F#
said I'm fine
       B
At the disco,
dancin'
F#
with tears in
my eyes
D#m
    I cry every
F#
time our
          B
song comes on
             D#m
It breaks my heart,
             F#
dance in the dark
             B
So you don't see me
fall apart (Ooh)
D#m
    I lied when I
F#
said I'm fine
       B
At the disco,
dancin',
dancin' with tears
      D#m
in my eyes

[Post-Chorus]
   F#    B
Eyes, eyes
Dancin' with
tears
      D#m
in my eyes
   F#    B
Eyes, eyes

[Verse 2]
D#m
Everybody's askin'
F#           B
if I'm happy for ya
(Dum, dum-dum, dum)
D#m
Nothin' to regret,
F#
we went our
         B
separate ways
(Dum, dum-dum, dum)
     D#m
It's eatin' me
alive to
F#
see you doin' better
B
Maybe more wine will
help me forget ya
D#m
Seein' you tonight,
I'm
F#
right back where
   B
we met (Ah)

[Chorus]
D#m
    I lied when I
F#
said I'm fine
       B
At the disco, dancin'
with tears in my eyes
D#m             F#
    I cry every time
              B
our song comes on
             D#m
It breaks my heart,
             F#
dance in the dark
             B
So you don't see me
fall apart (Ooh)
D#m
    I lied when I
F#
said I'm fine
       B
At the disco, dancin',
dancin' with tears
     D#m
in my eyes

[Post-Chorus]
   F#    B
Eyes, eyes
Dancin' with tears
      D#m
in my eyes
   F#    B
Eyes, eyes

[Bridge]
Dancin' with tears in
   D#m F# B
my eyes
Dancin' with tears in
   D#m F# B
my eyes
Oh, ooh

[Chorus]
    I lied when I
said I'm fine
       B
At the disco, dancin'
with tears in my eyes
D#m             F#
    I cry every time
our
          B
song comes on
             D#m
It breaks my heart,
             F#
dance in the dark
             B
So you don't see
me
fall apart (Ooh)
D#m
    I lied when I
F#
said I'm fine
       B
At the disco,
dancin',
dancin'
with tears in my
D#m
eyes (Dancin' with
tears
in my eyes)

[Post-Chorus]
   F#    B
Eyes, eyes
Dancin' with
tears in my
D#m
eyes (Dancin' with
tears in my eyes)
   F#    B
Eyes, eyes

How to play Dancing With Tears In My Eyes: key, chords and progression

Dancing With Tears In My Eyes by Joshua Bassett keeps coming home to E♭ minor (six sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯, E♯). You need 3 chords: D#m, F# and B.

Listen for D#m – F# – B – D#m (i – III – VI – i in E♭ minor): the song comes back to it again and again. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes C#m, E, A (67% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 0% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.