Tearing Us Apart Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays491

Tearing Us Apart by Eric Clapton is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D7, C, G, F, A and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
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16
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Intro: D7 C D7 C (4x)

             D7              C                    D7     C 
You know the sun is shining;   it's raining in my heart. 
             D7               C             D7     C 
I don't know what to do since   we've been apart. 
              D7             C               D7     C 
Why don't you tell me, babe,   what is going on? 
           D7                C                   D7     C 
You know I love you darling,   don't want to be alone. 

G F                 D7 
    They're tearing us apart, 
G F                  D7 
    They're breaking up my heart. 
G F           D7 
    I knew it from the start: 
F A                              D7 
    Your friends are tearing us apart. 

C D7 C  

           D7           C                  D7     C 
You know I can't go on,   feeling this old way. 
            D7                C                   D7     C 
You know my heart is burning,   it's burning everyday. 
           D7              C                  D7     C 
You know I love you, baby,   no one else will do. 
              D7          C                    D7     C 
Why don't you reconsider,   do what I want you to? 


G F                 D7 
    They're tearing us apart, 
G F                  D7 
    They're breaking up my heart. 
G F           D7 
    I knew it from the start: 
F A                              D7 
    Your friends are tearing us apart. 


G F                 D7 
    They're tearing us apart, 
G F                  D7 
    They're breaking up my heart. 
G F           D7 
    I knew it from the start: 
F A                              D7 
    Your friends are tearing us apart. 


D7 C D7 C (2x) 

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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