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Nina Nesbitt – Cry Dancing Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 9, 2026

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[Verse 1]
  Ab                  Eb       Bb
No more thinking about you, no
            Cm
Not even once
  Ab                        Eb     
I don't sleep in your T-shirt, 
         Bb
I gave it away
                             Cm
In a black bag with the rest of
 your stuff
  Ab                   Eb 
I don't drink to forget you,
             Bb
 I drink to have fun
                             Cm
Tonight, I'ma let go and kiss someone

[Pre-Chorus]
Ab                               Eb
Had too many shots and now my throat 
is kinda hurting
 Bb                            
Can't think of a reason why my 
   Cm
eyes have started burning
 Ab                          Eb
I'm just PMSing, or the world is
 too depressing
   Bb
I swear every weekend must be allergy season

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Chorus]
   Ab
I'm crying, dancing
                 Eb
Thank you for understanding
              Bb
It's not my heart that's breaking
                                  Cm
It's just these shoes are killing me
   Ab
I'm crying, dancing
           Eb
It's really quite outstanding
            Bb
It's not my heart that's breaking
                                 Cm
It's just the songs they're playing

[Verse 2]
          Ab                    
I'm hanging in the bathroom and 
           Eb
she's giving me a tissue
     Bb                               
Feeling kinda sorry for the girls 
                Cm
with all these issues
 Ab                           
I'm so glad I'm happy, I'm not
        Eb
 missing anybody
   Bb                         
I stumble to the bar 'cause
                  Cm
 it's coming over hard

[Chorus]
   Ab
I'm crying, dancing
                 Eb
Thank you for understanding
              Bb
It's not my heart that's breaking
                                  Cm
It's just these shoes are killing me
   Ab
I'm crying, dancing
           Eb
It's really quite outstanding
            Bb
It's not my heart that's breaking
                                 Cm
It's just the songs they're playing

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[Post-Chorus]
           Ab               Eb
I'm just cry-y-y, y-y-y, y-y-y
     Bb   Cm
Cry dancing
           Ab               Eb
I'm just cry-y-y, y-y-y, y-y-y
     Bb   Cm
Cry dancing

[Bridge]
 Ab                  Eb        Bb
No more thinking about you, no
Cm
Not even once
 Ab                  Eb
I don't sleep in your T-shirt
Bb
I'll dance in it tonight
Yeah, I'm gonna dance in it

[Chorus]
   Ab
I'm crying, dancing
                 Eb
Thank you for understanding
              Bb
It's not my heart that's breaking
                                  Cm
It's just these shoes are killing me
   Ab
I'm crying, dancing
           Eb
It's really quite outstanding
            Bb
It's not my heart that's breaking
                                 Cm
It's just the songs they're playing

[Post-Chorus]
           Ab               Eb
I'm just cry-y-y, y-y-y, y-y-y
     Bb   Cm
Cry dancing
                  Ab           Eb
I'm just cry-y-y, y-y-y, y-y-y
     Bb   Cm
Cry dancing
You know, it's not my heart 
that's breaking
           Ab               Eb
I'm just cry-y-y, y-y-y, y-y-y
     Bb   Cm
Cry dancing
           Ab               Eb
I'm just cry-y-y, y-y-y, y-y-y
     Bb   Cm
Cry dancing

How to play Cry Dancing: key, chords and progression

This is the chords of Cry Dancing by Nina Nesbitt on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Cry Dancing by Nina Nesbitt sits in C minor (three flats: B♭, E♭, A♭), and you need 4 chords to play it: Ab, Eb, Bb and Cm.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Ab – Eb – Bb – Cm (VI – III – VII – i in C minor). Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 1st fret and play the shapes G, D, A, Bm (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 0% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.