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Dancing In The Dark Chords

by Ben Howard
KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays511

Dancing In The Dark by Ben Howard is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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                                       I GET UP IN THE 


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   EVENING            AND I AIN'T GOT NOTHING TO SAY 


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  I COME HOME IN THE MORNING       I GO TO BED 


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 FEELING THE SAME WAY, I AIN'T NOTHING BUT TIRED 


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 MAN I'M JUST TIRED AND BORED WITH MYSELF,     HEY BABY 


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                             I COULD USE A LITTLE HELP 


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       CAN'T START A FIRE,            CAN'T START A FIRE 


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    WITHOUT A SPARK,     THIS GUN'S FOR HIRE   


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   EVEN IF WE'RE JUST DANCING IN THE DARK 
   

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                                    MESSAGES JUST KEEP 


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GETTING CLEARER,  RADIO'S ON & I'M MOVING ROUND THE PLACE 


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 I CHECK MY LOOK IN THE MIRROR,   WANNA CHANGE MY HAIR 


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  MY CLOTHES MY FACE, MAN I AIN'T GETTING NOWHERE, OH I'M 


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JUST LIVING IN A DUMP LIKE THIS, THERE'S SOMETHING HAPPENING 
                                                   

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 SOMEWHERE                BABY I JUST KNOW THAT THERE IS 


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 YOU CAN'T START A FIRE              CAN'T START A FIRE 


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 WITHOUT A SPARK,  THIS GUN'S FOR HIRE 


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   EVEN IF WE'RE JUST DANCING IN THE DARK 


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                    EVEN IF WE'RE JUST DANCING IN THE  


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 DARK                            WE SIT AROUND GETTING 


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 OLDER                   THERE'S A JOKE SOMEWHERE, IT'S 


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 ON ME, SHAKE THIS WORLD OFF MY SHOULDERS,      COME ON 


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   BABY LAUGHS ON ME                 STAY ON THE STREETS 


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OF THIS TOWN        AND THEY'LL BE CARVING YOU UP ALRIGHT 


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   SO YOU GOTTA STAY HUNGRY,  HEY BABY           IM JUST  


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ABOUT STARVING TONIGHT, I'M DYING FOR SOME ACTION, IM SICK 


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OF SITTING 'ROUND HERE TRYING TO WRITE THIS BOOK, I NEED A 


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LOVE REACTION, COME ON BABY, BABY GIVE ME JUST ONE LOOK 


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 YOU CAN'T START A FIRE              CAN'T START A FIRE 


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 WITHOUT A SPARK,  THIS GUN'S FOR HIRE 


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   EVEN IF WE'RE JUST DANCING IN THE DARK 


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                       EVEN IF WE'RE JUST DANCING IN THE  


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DARK 


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                                   AND WE CAN'T START A  


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  FIRE,    SITTING 'ROUND TRYING TO MEND A BROKEN HEART 


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      THIS GUN'S FOR HIRE              EVEN IF WE'RE JUST 


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  DANCING IN THE DARK, YOU CAN'T START A FIRE 


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 WORRYING 'BOUT YOUR LITTLE WORLD FALLING APART, THIS GUNS 


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  FOR HIRE,  EVEN IF WE'RE JUST DANCING IN THE DARK

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).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante