Dancing In The Dark Chords

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Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	B
Capo:	4th fret

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Dancing In The Dark chords
Bruce Springsteen  1984 (Born In The U.S.A.)
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_in_the_Dark_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)
 
Capo IV *
 
[Intro]
 
G Em  G Em  2x
 
[Verse]
 
G                Em      G
 I get up in the evening
                Em         G
and I ain't got nothing to say
                   Em
I come home in the morning
  G         Em               C
I go to bed feeling the same way
                    Am     C
I ain't nothing but tired
              Am                     G
Man, I'm just tired and bored with myself
          Em   G         Em                D
Hey there baby,  I could use just a little help
 
[Chorus]
 
    D
You can't start a fire
                                 C
You can't start a fire without a spark
               Am   C
This gun's for hire
                   Am             G
Even if we're just dancing in the dark
 
[Verse]
 
G                     Em      G
Message keeps getting clearer
                   Em                G
Radio's on and I'm moving 'round the place
                       Em
I check my look in the mirror
  G               Em                   C
I wanna change my clothes, my hair, my face
                     Am      C
Man, I ain't getting nowhere
         Am                    G
I'm just living in a dump like this
                            Em        G
There's something happening somewhere
             Em              D
Baby, I just know that there is
 
[Chorus]
 
    D
You can't start a fire
                                 C
You can't start a fire without a spark
               Am  C
This gun's for hire
                   Am             G
Even if we're just dancing in the dark
 
[Bridge]
 
Em                      G
 You sit around getting older
C                        D                 Em
 There's a joke here somewhere and it's on me
                             G
I'll shake this world off my shoulders
C                  D
 Come on baby, the laugh's on me
 
[Verse]
 
G                      Em       G
Stay on the streets of this town
               Em               G
and they'll be carving you up alright
                        Em     G
They say you gotta stay hungry
              Em                    C
Hey baby, I'm just about starving tonight
                   Am    C
I'm dying for some action
                           Am                        G
I'm sick of sitting 'round here trying to write this book
                Em     G
I need a love reaction
                  Em             D
Come on now baby, gimme just one look
 
[Chorus]
 
    D                                                      C
You can't start a fire sitting 'round crying over a broken heart
               Am   C
This gun's for hire
                   Am             D
Even if we're just dancing in the dark
    D                                                            C
You can't start a fire worrying about your little world falling apart
               Am   C
This gun's for hire
                   Am             G    C
Even if we're just dancing in the dark
 
[Outro]
 
                   Am             G   C
Even if we're just dancing in the dark  x2
 
G
 
Hey baby
 
* Alternates:
 
Capo II
 
G  = A
Em = F#m
C  = D
Am = Bm
D  = E
 
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46 comments

Good chords, but you have to move the capo up to the fourth fret to be in the right key!

+27

Hi! Thx for yet another great tab. =) Just a correction on the ending that goes like this: D C You can't start a fire worrying about your little world falling apart. Am This gun's for hire, C Am G Em even if we're just dancing in the dark. G Em G Em Even if we're just dancing in the dark. (X3) G Em G Em Hey baby! | G G Em Em | (Repeat to fade) Cheers! Thomas

+15

Good tab,but great team making it better.