Dallas chords by Silver Jews

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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-|
B|-1-1-1-|
G|-2-0h2-|
D|-2-2-2-|
A|-0-0-0-|
E|-x-x-x-
|

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

e|-3-|
B|-1-|
G|-0-|
D|-2-|
A|-3-|
E|-x-|

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

e|-2--2-0-2--3-2-0-2-|
B|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|
G|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|
D|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
A|-x--x-x-x--x-x-x-x-|
E|-x--x-x-x--x-x-x-x-|

- Also in the bridge, during the A chord:

e|-0--2--2-0--0-0-|
B|-2--2--2-2--3-0-|
G|-2--2--2-2--2-2-|
D|-2--2--2-2--2-2-|
A|-0--0--0-0--0-0-|
E|-x--x--x-x--x-x-|

There you go.


Intro:

Fmaj7 G6
(x4)


Verse 1:

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


Chorus:

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


Bridge 1:

D
                                   A                    Em
Once you taste the geometry of a church in a cul-de-sac
                                                 A7
You're gonna wanna sit with the bad kids in the back

D
                                 A                       Em
Cruising down Commerce, killing time in the blazing sun
                                                  A7
Is it true your analyst was a placekicker for the Falcons?

Fmaj G6
(x2)

Fmaj


Verse 2:

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


Chorus:

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


Bridge 2:

D
                               A                       Em
Watching the makeup girls make out with the mannequins
                                                  A7
"Hey boys, supper's on me, our record just went aluminum"

D
                                A                        Em
Poor as a mouse every morning, rich as a cat every night
                                                               A7
Some kind of strange magic happens when the city turns on her lights