Karen Don't Be Sad Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays347

Karen Don't Be Sad by Miley Cyrus is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Bm, F#m, Em, A and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			VERSE 
    D    Bm  F#m 
Oh, Karen... 
                    D   Bm  F#m 
You take it all too hard 
                          Em      A 
You been talking to those fools again 
                             Em    A 
And they'll tear your world apart, hmm 
    D    Bm  F#m 
Oh, Karen... 
                       D   Bm  F#m 
You gotta try to understand 
                      Em   A 
Gotta hold on to your soul 
                               Em  A 
Cause they'll crush it if they can 

Chorus 
                   D                            G 
So, Karen don't be sad, they're just a bunch of fools 
                      F#m                                A 
And you can make them powerless, don't let them make the rules 
                   D                          G 
So, Karen don't be sad, you know the truth is true 
                       F#m                          A 
The world can still be beautiful, that part's up to you 

INTERLUDE 
                   D  Bm F#m 
So, Karen don't be sad... 
D  Bm F#m 

VERSE 
    D    Bm  F#m 
Oh, Karen... 
                                 D  Bm  F#m 
You know you're only letting 'em win 
                     Em       A 
By letting all their lies and hate 
                   Em   A 
Destroy you from within-in 
    D    Bm  F#m 
Oh, Karen... 
                        D    Bm  F#m 
They've taken away your smile 
                    Em      A 
But you can give it back to us 
                   Em   A 
Just fake it for a while 

Chorus 
                   D                            G 
So, Karen don't be sad, they're just a bunch of fools 
                      F#m                                A 
And you can make them powerless, don't let them make the rules 
                   D                          G 
So, Karen don't be sad, you know the truth is true 
                       F#m                          A 
The world can still be beautiful, that part's up to you 

Outro 
                   D  Bm F#m 
So, Karen don't be sad... 
                   D  Bm F#m 
So, Karen don't be sad... 
              Em  A 
Don't let 'em win 
                  Em  A 
Oh, don't let 'em win 
               D  Bm F#m 
Don't let them win 
               D  Bm F#m 
Don't let them win 
                   Em  A 
Oh, don't let them win 
                   Em  A 
Oh, don't let them win 
               D 
Don't let them win 
    	

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