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The Strokes – Falling Out Of Love Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsA E DE/G#F#m Dmaj7 F#m7 C#m A6 Cdim G#C#A#m

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These are Falling Out Of Love chords by The Strokes for Piano and Ukulele.

[Verse 1]
A                  E
 I took you out to my hometown
A                       D
 Where I learned to be alone
A              E
 Ridin' up the mountainside
D                      A
 Where all the world's here
       A                E
Linger on to praise the dawn
          A              D
Different boots, same old song
       A           E
I'm in love with a ghost
          D               A
I'll be always and never alone

[Chorus]
    A    E/G#   F#m
I denied, for a while
Dmaj7                  
Fallin' out of love for
           A
 the first time
            A   E/G#      F#m
Some things are flawed by design
        Dmaj7              A
But I'm fine for the first time
A      E/G#     F#m
Dancin' in acid rain alone it's new
      Dmaj7
But I don't wanna do it anymore
  A
I guess I'll sing alone

[Verse 2]
      A             
There once was a boy 
           E
turned to Lucifer
   A                        D
He haunted many spaces, got lost 
down many streets
A                           E
Mmm, sailed the seven seas, hunted
 wild rhinoceres
D                          
Please don't call me, "Man," 
         A
I'm no fancy fallen angel
A                          E
Finally fell in love, finally 
found some relief
A                      
Finally found his lover
        D
 in the arms of a thief
A                      E      
Mostly found an angle, holding
           D    A
 on for now

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[Chorus]
      A    E/G#   F#m
And denied, for a while
Dmaj7                   
Fallin' out of love for
          A
 the first time
            A   E/G#      F#m
Some things are flawed by design
        Dmaj7              A
But I'm fine for the first time
A      E/G#     F#m
Dancin' in acid rain alone it's new
      Dmaj7
But I don't wanna do it anymore
A
I guess I'll sing alone

[Verse 3]
A                            E
Two things can be true, good times 
I had wit' you
A                          D
To the cozy, cotton bedded sheets
 at night looked dread
A                             
Past the hall of judging heads,
  E
 family portraits of the dead
D                     A
 I know they felt the same power
A                     E
Sitting in the shadow, count 
my blessings
A                     D
No one gotta find out why
  A                   E
I guess you wanna know in a way
D                  A
 This could be big news

[Chorus]
        A   E/G#     F#m
Let her cry, let her lie
Dmaj7                             A
Fallin' out of love for the first time
            A  E/G#      F#m
Some thing's   flawed or by design
        Dmaj7              A
But I'm fine for the first time
A      E/G#     F#m
Dancin' in acid rain, alone with you
      Dmaj7              
But I don't wanna face it
          A
 anymore, know I'm immature
     A    E/G#  F#m7
Over time,  overnight
         Dmaj7
'Cause I can't go through it anymore
A
Hollywood here I come
A      E/G#         F#m7
I know what it was, why it was
D                     A
Lookin' for something else

[Outro]
C(b5)  G#7                
       Someone please call 
              C#m
it in on the radio
         A6
We got a problem here
Cdim                G#
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh,
 oh-oh-oh
C#m                 A6
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh,
 oh-oh-oh
C(b5)   G#                   C#m
 Be an adult, you're bein' a child
                A6
No one wants to play
C(b5)         G#
Grindin' your gear
C#m               A6
 I know it's not enough
   C(b5)            
We didn't wanna hear
         G#
 another lecture
   C#            A#m
Oh, puttin' on a show
C(b5)         G#    C#
Grindin' your gear

How to play Falling Out Of Love: key, chords and progression

Falling Out Of Love by The Strokes is centred on A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯). The song uses 13 chords: A, E, D, E/G#, F#m, Dmaj7, F#m7, C#m, A6, Cdim, G# and C# and 1 more.

The progression the song keeps returning to is A – E/G# – F#m – Dmaj7 (I – V – vi – IVmaj7 in A major), the “four-chord” progression behind countless pop, rock and worship songs. In solfa, that is doh – soh – lah – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: F#m, F#m7, C#m, Cdim and G# are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.