I Count The Tears Chords

KeyF CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays554

I Count The Tears by Ben E. King is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords Dm, Am, F, Bb, C and Db. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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F
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E|-13--12--10-12-10-----------------| 
B|------------------13-10-13--13----| 
G|----------------------------------| 
D|----------------------------------| 
A|----------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------|

E|-------10-13-10----------| 
B|-10-13----------13-10----| 
G|-------------------------| 
D|-------------------------| 
A|-------------------------| 
E|-------------------------| 

Dm               Am  
Na na na na na na, late at night 
Dm               Am 
Na na na na na na, late at night 
F                      Dm 
I have counted everyday since you've been away 
  Bb                       C  
It seemed like a thousand years 
Dm                      Am 
And at na na na na na na, late at night 
Dm                  Am    
Na na na na na na, late at night 
Bb        C            F         
I'll sit and count the tears 
F                      Dm 
I have counted all your lies, all your alibis 
Bb                             C 
I'm a guy believes just what he hears 
Dm                       Am 
And at na na na na na na, late at night 
Dm                  Am 
Na na na na na na, late at night 
Bb       C             F 
I'll sit and count the tears 
Db                           F 
She's gone and found somebody new 

Db                     C 
He may be happy now but soon 
F                     Dm 
He'll be counting everyday that she's been away 
Bb                        C 
It'll seem like a thousand years 
Dm                       Am 
And at na na na na na na, late at night 
Dm                Am 
Na na na na na na, late at night 
Bb         C            F 
He'll sit and count his tears 
Bb        C             F 
He'll sit and count his tears 
Bb        C             F 
He'll sit and count his tears 
Bb       
He'll sit 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante