Calm Down Dearest
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D
Big bang, where we going?
What we doing this night?
A
Feeling drunk already,
Maybe drink got spiked
D
But, more like the other like
that im just a lightweight
A
but i dont care man
G
I been drunk forever, I'm sedated
D
Hatred, I'm sedated, pages, I'm sedated
A G
Worthwhile stages, cages, and all of my rage
D
This is a good time
To start dancing to this song man
A
A good one DJ
G
Play the record on man
(D A G D A G)
D
So where be Joey? Get us a drink a dimp o'whisky
A G
I look at the lady she be shady, but we raving
D
What ya' doing? Where you going to there after?
A
She says, "Get the fuck out man,
You seem to be so plastered!"
D
Well we be all the night
Kicking it, staring at girls alight
A G
Well its all good man, what goes on, to think
D
You can't walking it drunk down the Strand
A G
An' talk about how we missed the whole club queue
Who the fuck are you?
D
It's heavy, it's on my mind
A G
Cos' you say that you feel just fine
D A
He's racking and stacking them lines
G
Say calm down dearest
D
Remember shooting shit down the old alleyways
A G
Talking tragedy and music like old Holiday
D
I remember what we doing then
I don't remember now
A
the past it's the future
G D
I don't know how to carry on
D
Through the rights and wrongs
Kick it like we know the songs
A
Already we thought we rock steady
G
Down and on the dancefloor
D
An' I don't get no fights
When I get angry drunk
A
I Sit down in the corner and
G
Sulk my fucking socks off
D
So who the fuck are we? Just the boys in the city
A G
It's all been done before and we'll do it again so
D
We'll See you later you alligators
A G
We'll be back I'm sure next week and sit in the bar you know
D
So bye, bye, bye we'll try never to die
A G
but We are so young we don't understand if we cannot fly
D
We're here now, we will be gone soon
A G
but not today, not tomorrow, not the next two
D
It's heavy, it's on my mind
A G
Cos' you say that you feel just fine
D A
He's racking and stacking them lines
G
Say calm down dearest
D
It's heavy, it's on my mind
A G
You say that you feel just fine
D A
He's racking and stacking them lines
G
Say calm down dearest
D
It's heavy, it's on my mind
A G
You say that you feel just fine
D A
He's racking and stacking them lines
G
Say calm down dearest
How to play Calm Down Dearest
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is D. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.