The Tears In Your Eyes Chords

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The Tears In Your Eyes by Angry Johnny And The Killbillies is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, Am and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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verse 1 

    C                     G 
I'm driving tonight all I see is your face 
Am                        F 
 wonder what you're doing now 
        C                         G 
With my foot to the floor in this go nowhere race 
    Am                        F 
I'd quit you but I don't know how 
    C                 G 
The devil behind me I feel his hot breath 
Am                       F 
 wonder why I don't give in 
 C                        G 
Another poor loser that's hell bent for death 
        F         G           Am 
Stayin' one mile ahead of the end 


verse 2 

     C                       G 
Just twisting and turning on these mountain roads 
     Am                    F 
Just racing,   chasing the wind 
    C                       G 
The devil, he's laughing, I don't wanna go 
        Am                  F 
I ain't ready to pay for my sins  
C                     G 
All I can hear is the motor's sweet whine 
        Am                      F 
And the rush of the cold autumn wind 
  C                     G 
Rememberin' back to the days you were mine 
    F        G           Am 
Can never go back there again 


verse 3 

    C                    G 
The devil he sits like a bird on my shoulder 
   Am                          F 
He laughs and he whispers your name 
   C                       G 
He says I bet you wish one time you could hold her 
  Am                        F 
Before you check out of the game 
   C                       G 
He screams in my ear, says kid let me steer 
       Am                       F 
You're driving just like an old woman 
    C                          G 
Man give it some gas or you'll get nowhere fast 
          F            G        Am 
Can't you see you're already forgotten 


verse 4 

    C                    G 
The oil is burning we're twistin' and turning 
    Am                      F 
The engine is smelling like brimstone 
  C                           G 
I hear the trees calling like tears their leaves falling 
  Am                        F 
I know that it's time to go home 
    C                     G 
I'm praying to Jesus, the devil, he's laughing 
   Am                F 
No witnesses to my demise 
      C                     G 
I let go of the wheel in my coffin of steel 
    F            G             Am 
And dream of the tears in your eyes 
      C                     G 
I let go of the wheel in my coffin of steel 
    F            G             Am 
And dream of the tears in your eyes 
 F            G             Am 
 dream of the tears in your eyes 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante