Dallas chords by Silver Jews

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

If you want to add some color to your performance, the solo parts are easy to integrate in the chords.
I'll just tab out the figures and explain when they're played, listen to the song for the exact rhythm.

In the verses and choruses, add hammer-ons to the Am:

e|-0-0-0-|
BB|-1-1-1-|
G+G|-2-0h2-|
D MajorD|-2-2-2-|
A augmentedA|-0-0-0-|
E MajorE|-x-x-x-
|

In the chorus, add a G+G on the first string to the C majorC chord:

e|-3-|
BB|-1-|
G+G|-0-|
D MajorD|-2-|
A augmentedA|-3-|
E MajorE|-x-|

In the bridge, play this little phrase on the first string during the D MajorD chord:

e|-2--2-0-2--3-2-0-2-|
BB|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|
G+G|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|
D MajorD|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
A augmentedA|-x--x-x-x--x-x-x-x-|
E MajorE|-x--x-x-x--x-x-x-x-|

- Also in the bridge, during the A augmentedA chord:

e|-0--2--2-0--0-0-|
BB|-2--2--2-2--3-0-|
G+G|-2--2--2-2--2-2-|
D MajorD|-2--2--2-2--2-2-|
A augmentedA|-0--0--0-0--0-0-|
E MajorE|-x--x--x-x--x-x-|

There you go.


Intro:

Fmaj7Fmaj7 G6G6
(x4)

Verse 1:

C majorC
                A minorAm   C majorC
I passed out on the fourteenth floor
         A minorAm  C majorC
The CPR was so erotic
                A minorAm  C majorC
A augmentedA blizzard blew in through the door
                   A minorAm
And little glowing cum buckets in her ankles


Chorus:

C majorC
                 A minorAm  C majorC
O Dallas, you shine with an evil light
                 A minorAm  C majorC
O Dallas, you shine with an evil light
                A minorAm
How'd you turn a billion steers
                C majorC
Into buildings made of mirrors?
                  A minorAm
And why am I drawn to you tonight?


Bridge 1:

D MajorD
                  A augmentedA          E minorEm
Once you taste the geometry of a church in a cul-de-sac
                         A7A7
You're gonna wanna sit with the bad kids in the back

D MajorD
                 A augmentedA            E minorEm
Cruising down Commerce, killing time in the blazing sun
                         A7A7
Is it true your analyst was a placekicker for the Falcons?

Fmaj G6G6
(x2)

Fmaj


Verse 2:

C majorC
               A minorAm   C majorC
We saw B.B. King on General Hospital
                    A minorAm  C majorC
In the Oak Cliff dram house where we stayed
                   A minorAm     C majorC
And when Clancy whipped her with his belt buckle
                 A minorAm
He cleaned her cuts and then we prayed


Chorus:

C majorC
                 A minorAm  C majorC
O Dallas, you shine with an evil light
                   A minorAm   C majorC
Don't you know that God stays up all night?
                A minorAm
How'd you turn a billion steers
                C majorC
Into buildings made of mirrors?
                  A minorAm
And why am I drawn to you tonight?


Bridge 2:

D MajorD
                A augmentedA            E minorEm
Watching the makeup girls make out with the mannequins
                         A7A7
"Hey boys, supper's on me, our record just went aluminum"

D MajorD
                A augmentedA            E minorEm
Poor as a mouse every morning, rich as a cat every night
                                A7A7
Some kind of strange magic happens when the city turns on her lights