Darling Don't Cry Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays475

Darling Don't Cry by Buffy St Marie is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Em, D, Bm, C and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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16
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  			(intro) G 

G Em D D Bm Em G C G C D C D 
Hey ya... Ay oh... 

G 
    I met him on the powwow trail, 
Em 
    he was singing and I was a dancer 
C              Am                       C                           D                
    to the Heartbeat Drum, Heartbeat Drum, heya heya hoho. 

G                                      Em 
    Long summer nights            falling in love, 
C            Am                               C                         D     G 
    don't ever want to part, don't ever wanna say goodbye. 

G Em D D Bm Em G C G C D C D 
Hey ya... Ay oh... 

      G          Em          D                           Bm         Em      G 
    Darling          don't cry, when I leave         the USA, 
    C                                   G           C            D                 C       D 
    if you like, I'll take you home, when I go back to Canada. 

G Em D D Bm Em G C G C D C D 
Hey ya... Ay oh... 

      G          Em          D                           Bm         Em      G 
    Darling          don't cry, when I leave         the USA, 
    C                                   G           C            D                 C 
    if you like, I'll take you home, when I go back to Canada. 
              D          G 
    heya ya heya ho. 
    	

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