Dress Chords

KeyF# CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays560

Dress by PJ Harvey is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F#. It uses the chords F#, A5, Bm, B 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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F#
Text
16
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  F# 
  Put on that dress  
  A5  F#      A5  F# 
  I'm going - out dancing  
  F# 
  Starting off red  
  Bm        F#        Bm        F# 
  Gleam and sparkling he'll see me  
  F# 
  Music play make me dreamy for dancing  
  A5        F#             A5       F#    
  Must be a way that I can dress to please him  
  F# 
  It's hard to walk and the dress is not easy  
  Bm           F#          Bm           F# 
  I'm swinging over like a heavy loaded fruit tree  
 
 B 
  If you put it on  
  A                 F# 
  If you put it on  
  B 
  If you put it on  
  A                 F# 
  If you put it on 

  F# 
  It's sad to see  
  A5   F#   A5    F# 
  Lonely or this lonely 
 
  F# 
  Close up my eyes  
  Bm            F#            Bm   F#   
  Dreamy-dreamy music make it be alright  
  F# 
  Music play make it good for romancing  
  A5        F#        A5       F# 
  Must be a way I can dress to please him  
  F# 
  Swing and sway everything will be alright  
  Bm       F#         Bm         F# 
  But he's feeling so down tight tonight  
 
 B 
  If you put it on 
  A                 F# 
  If you put it on 
  B 
  If you put it on 
  A                 F# 
  If you put it on   

  You burnin' thing 
  My man says 
  But I bought you beautiful dresses 
  You burnin' thing 
  My man says 
  But I bought you beautiful dresses  

  B A F# (2x) 

  F# 
  Filthy type your dress is filthy  
  A5          F#          A5       F# 
  I'm falling flat and my arms are empty  
  F# 
  Get away better get it out of this room  
  A5       F#       A5      F# 
  A fallen woman in dancing costume  

  If you put it on (8x)  

  Outro:  F# and A5  
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante