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The Dillards – Close The Door Lightly Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Verse 1]
           D
Turn around
                     G
Don't whisper out my name
           D
For like a breeze it
       C            G
 might stir a dyin' flame
              D
I'll miss someone
                 G
if it eases you know
    C              D
And close the door lightly
          G
 when you go

[Verse 2]
          D
Take your tears to
               G
 someone elses eyes
                D
They're made of glass and
      C                 G
they cut like wounding lies
     D
Memories are drifting
          G
like the snow
   C
So close the door
  D                G
lightly when you go

[Chorus]
C           D
Who was the one who
       G     G7
wasted time
C           D
Who was the one
              G
who stole my mind
    C           D
Oh, who was the one
                    G
 who made me feel unkind
   C             D
So fare thee well sweet
          G
 love of mine

[Verse 3]
           D
Don't look back to
                    G
where you once had been
               D
Look straight ahead if
        C              G
you're walkin' in the rain
           D
And find a light if
                      G
the path is dark and cold
    C
And close the door
 D                G   G7
 lightly when you go

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[Chorus]
C           D
Who was the one who
        G    G7
wasted time
C           D
Who was the one who
           G
stole my mind
    C           D
Oh, who was the one
                    G
who made me feel unkind
   C             D
So fare thee well sweet
         G     G
 love of mine

[Instrument]
A  A

[Verse 4]
      E
Turn around
                     A
Don't whisper out my name
           E
For like a breeze
          D
 it might stir
         A
 a dyin' flame
              E
I'll miss someone if
              A
it eases you know
     D
Then close the door
 E                A    A7
 lightly when you go

[Chorus]
D           E
Who was the one who
        A    A7
wasted time
D           E
Who was the one
              A     A7
who stole my mind
    D           E
Oh, who was the one
                    A
who made me feel unkind
   D             E
So fare thee well sweet
         A
 love of mine

[Outro]
   D             E
So fare thee well sweet
         A
 love of mine
       D             E
Oh, so fare thee well sweet
          A     A
 love of mine

Watch: Close the Door Lightly

From The Dillards - Topic on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play Close The Door Lightly: key, chords and progression

These are Close The Door Lightly chords by The Dillards on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

To play Close The Door Lightly by The Dillards, think in D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). It takes 7 chords: D, G, C, G7, A, E and A7.

The backbone of the song is D – G – C – D (I – IV – ♭VII – I in D major). Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Beginner-friendly: every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.