Dollhouse Chords
Dollhouse by Bruce Springsteen is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, A, D4, D2 and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
G D A G D A G D A D D4 D D2 Bm
verse 1
D G
Well ever since you were a little girl
D Bm
You set the rules in your little world
D
But girls grow up and throw their toys away
G D
You're a big girl now but you still wanna play
A
Girl we're living - You dress them up the way you want to
A
Girl we're living - You make them do just what you want them to do
A
Girl we're living - Once I thought we had a love that was true
A
But I'm just another doll in your dollhouse to you
G
We're living in a dollhouse
D A
We're living in a dollhouse
G
Girl we're living in a dollhouse
D A
You may feel safe and sound
G A D D4 D D2 D Bm
But your dollhouse, girl, is falling down
verse 2
D
It's all been neatly arranged in your mind
G D Bm
Every detail fits your own design
D
Every room is perfectly in place
G D
But I can see the sadness, baby, on your face
A
Girl we're living - You had a plan and darling like a child
A
Girl we're living - You thought it's down to fashion, down to style
A
Girl we're living - But your little dreamhouse is runnin' wild
A
Before your very eyes we're shrinking down to size
G
We're living in a dollhouse
D A
We're living in a dollhouse
G
Girl we're living in a dollhouse
D A
We may feel safe and sound
G A D D4 D D2 D
But our dollhouse, girl, is falling down
Sax Solo
G G D A G G D A G G D A G A D D4 D D2 D Bm
verse 3
D
Everything's as you dreamed it would be
G D
But there's something wrong that you can't see
Bm D
Room by room you looking for some little flaw
G D
A crack somewhere in your dollhouse wall
A
Girl we're living - Something, girl, that will explain away
A
Girl we're living - The hurt you feel, darling, when we play
A
Girl we're living - Your little dolls they got a grip on you
A
Girl we're living - Your little dolls they got a grip on you
A
Girl we're living - Your little dolls they got a grip on you
A
Until you're just another doll in your dollhouse too
G
We're living in a dollhouse
D A
We're living in a dollhouse
G
Girl we're living in a dollhouse
D A
We may feel safe and sound
G A
But our dollhouse, girl, is falling down
D A
Oh we're living in a dollhouse
G
Girl, we're living in a dollhouse
G D A D4 D2 Bm
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