Things Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays493

Things by Bobby Darin is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, F, G7 and C7. 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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  			Intro: C 
 
C 
Ev'ry night I sit here by my window (window) 
                                      G 
Starin' at the lonely avenue (avenue) 
C                                                           F 
Watching lovers holdin' hand 'n' laughin' (laughin') 
C                                   F                 G     C 
And thinkin' 'bout the things we used to do 
 
Chorus 
                          G7 
(thinkin' of things) like a walk in the park 
C 
(things) like a kiss in the dark 
G7 
(things) like a sailboat ride 
 C                                                           C7 
(yeah-yeah) what about the night we cried 
F 
Things like a lover's vow 
C 
Things that we don't do now 
     F                         G                         C     
Thinkin' 'bout the things we used to do 
 
C 
Memories are all I have to cling to (cling to) 
                                                               G 
And heartaches are the friends I'm talkin' to (talkin' to) 
        C                                                                     F 
When I'm not thinkin' of-a just how much I love you (love you) 
C                               F                G                              C 
Well, I'm-a thinkin' 'bout the things we used to do 
 
Chorus 
 
C  
I still can hear the jukebox softly playin' (playin') 
                                                                     G 
And the face I see each day belongs to you (belongs to you) 
         C                                                                            F 
Though there's not a single sound and there's nobody else around 
C                               F                G                           C 
Well, I'm-a thinkin' 'bout the things we used to do 
 
Chorus 
 
C                               F                G                     C 
And the heartaches are the friends I'm talkin' to 
C                               F                G                       C 
Ya got me thinkin' 'bout the things we used to do 
 
Fade 
F                          G           C 
Starin' at the lonely avenue  
 
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