Don't Tell Me Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays394

Don't Tell Me by Judy Garland is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Am, C, G and 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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D
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Intro: (D Am C G) Guitar Solo: D Am C G 

D     Am         C      G 
Don't tell me to stop 
D        Am          C       G 
Tell the rain not to drop 
D        Am          C        G 
Tell the wind not to blow 
D         Am       C       G 
Cause you said so, mmm 
D        Am         C        G 
Tell the sun not to shine 
D      Am          C     G 
Not to get up this time, no no 
D      Am          C      G 
Let it fall by the way 
          D        Am      C   G 
But don't leave me where I lay down 

Interlude:   D     Am     C    G 

D    Am  C          G 
Tell me  love isn't true 
          D         Am      C    G 
It's just something that we do 
D    Am C              G 
Tell me everything I'm not 
    D            Am         C       G 
But please don't tell me to stop 
    D          Am         C         G 
But don't ever tell me to stop 
D        Am            C      G 
Tell the leaves not to turn 
          D    Am           C      G 
But don't ever tell me I'll learn, no, no 
D        Am          C        G 
Take the black off a crow 
          A         Am      C     G 
But don't tell me I have to go 
D        Am         C     G 
Tell the bed not to lay 
D             Am         C      G 
Like the open mouth of a grave, yeah 
D      Am          C      G 
Not to stare up at me 
       D         Am     C          G 
Like a calf down on its knees 
D    Am  C          G 
Tell me  love isn't true 
          D         Am      C    G 
It's just something that we do 
D    Am C              G 
Tell me everything I'm not 
    D          Am         C         G 
But don't ever tell me to stop 
D    Am  C          G 
Tell me  love isn't true 
          D         Am      C    G 
It's just something that we do 
D    Am C              G 
Tell me everything I'm not 
    D          Am         C         G 
But don't ever tell me to stop don't you ever 
D               Am 
Please don't 
C               G 
Please don't 
D            Am         C        G 
Please don't tell me to stop don't you ever 
D         Am C       G 
Tell me       ever 
D          Am         C 
Don't ever tell me to stop 
         G 
Tell the rain not to drop 
D        Am         C     G 
Tell the bed not to lay 
D             Am         C      G 
Like the open mouth of a grave, yeah 
D      Am          C      G 
Not to stare up at me 
       D         Am     C          G 
Like a calf down on its knees 
       D         Am     C          G 
Like a calf down on its knees
    	

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.

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