Artist: Sylvan Esso
Song: Just Dancing
Album: What Now (2017)
Tuning - Standard (EADGBe)
Hey all,
Here’s the basic chords for this awesome song. Since the first chunk
of the song is lacking in chords, I tabbed out how it sounds in case
you want to play the riff.
There isn’t really a set “range” that you have to play the chords, as
there aren’t really any actual guitars in this song. So feel free to
play open or bar chords, whatever is more comfortable to you. And for
simplicity reasons, I’m just referring to the D#5# chord as D#.
[Chords used]
D5 E5 D# Em G D A (OR) Em G D A
e|-------------------|---7-----3-----5-----5---|---0-----3-----2-----0---|
B|-------------------|---8-----3-----7-----5---|---0-----3-----3-----2---|
G|---7-----9-----6---|---9-----4-----7-----6---|---0-----0-----2-----2---|
D|---7-----9-----7---|---9-----5-----7-----7---|---2-----0-----0-----2---|
A|---5-----7-----4---|---7-----5-----5-----7---|---2-----2-----------0---|
E|-------------------|---------3-----------5---|---0-----3---------------|
[Intro]
1 ^ ^ ^ 2 ^ ^ ^ 3 ^ ^ ^ 4 ^ ^ ^ 1 ^ ^ ^ 2 ^ ^ ^ 3 ^ ^ ^ 4 ^ ^ ^
D5
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|o--------------------------------|--------------------------------o|
D|o--------------------------------|--------------------------------o|
A|-5~~~~~~~~-0h5~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~-|-----------0h5~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~-|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1 ^ ^ ^ 2 ^ ^ ^ 3 ^ ^ ^ 4 ^ ^ ^ 1 ^ ^ ^ 2 ^ ^ ^ 3 ^ ^ ^ 4 ^ ^ ^
E5
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|o--------------------------------|--------------------------------o|
D|o--------------------------------|--------------------------------o|
A|-7~~~~~~~~-0h7~~~~~~-7~~~~~~~~~~-|-----------0h7~~~~~~-7~~~~~~~~~~-|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1 ^ ^ ^ 2 ^ ^ ^ 3 ^ ^ ^ 4 ^ ^ ^ 1 ^ ^ ^ 2 ^ ^ ^ 3 ^ ^ ^ 4 ^ ^ ^
D5 D#
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|o---------------------------(x3)o|---------------------------------|
D|o-------------------------------o|---------------------------------|
A|-5~~~~~~~~-0h5~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~-|-----------0h4~~~~~~-4~~~~~~~~~~-|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
[Intro]
(0:00-0:20)
(D5)
(E5)
[Verse 1]
(0:20-0:35)
D5
“We begin again… We knew before it happened… It’s always the same.”
E5
“The lights quit, the music shifts, and then I get to see you again… Just like every weekend.”
[Pre-chorus 1]
(0:36-1:10)
D5 D#
“I’m just dancing… I’m faking it before I even touch the skin.”
D5 D#
“It’s a rigged game… And I know how to win it, shine the love light from my hand.”
D5 D#
“It’s just pretend… But it feels so good when we begin.”
D5
“So let’s freeze it now before it ends, let’s never stop starting.”
N.C.
“Never stop starting.”
[Verse 2]
(1:10-1:27)
D5
“It’s just like it was then… But without all the fighting… No ruin in the end.”
E5
“Just you and me with a beat, we build back what we broke back then… It’s reverse collision.”
[Pre-chorus 2]
(1:27-1:55)
D5 D#
“I’m just dancing… I’m faking it before I even touch the skin.”
D5 D#
“It’s a rigged game… And I know how to win it, shine the love light from my hand.”
D5 D#
“It’s just pretend… But it feels so good when we begin.”
D5
“So let’s freeze it now before it ends, let’s never stop starting.”
[Chorus 1]
(1:55-2:27)
Em
“You’re always different but I’m always the same.”
G
“But when we’re dancing you look just like my man.”
D
“Come on baby… Come on baby.”
A
“Let’s never stop, never stop, never stop starting.”
Em
“You never can seem to remember my name.”
G
“But when we’re dancing I am in love again.”
D
“Come on baby… Come on baby.”
A
“Let’s never stop, never stop, never stop starting.”
[Bridge]
(2:27-2:52)
D5 D#
(“Never stop, never stop, never stop…”)(“We begin…)
D5 D#
(again… We knew before… We begin again… We knew before…”)(“We begin…)
D5 D#
(again… We knew before… We begin again… We knew before…”)(“We begin…)
D5 D#
(again… We knew before… We begin again… We knew before…”)(“We begin…)
[Pre-chorus 3]
(2:52-3:19)
D5 D#
“I’m just dancing… I’m faking it before I even touch the skin.”
D5 D#
“It’s a rigged game… And I know how to win it, shine the love light from my hand.”
D5 D#
“It’s just pretend… But it feels so good when we begin.”
D5
“So let’s freeze it now before it ends, let’s never stop starting.”
[Chorus 2]
(3:19-4:28)
Em
“You’re always different but I’m always the same.”
G
“But when we’re dancing you look just like my man.”
D
“Come on baby… Come on baby.”
A
“Let’s never stop, never stop, never stop starting.”
Em
“You never can seem to remember my name.”
G
“But when we’re dancing I am in love again.”
D
“Come on baby… Come on baby.”
A
“Let’s never stop, never stop, never stop starting.”
Em
“You’re always different but I’m always the same.”
G
“But when we’re dancing you look just like my man.”
D
“Come on baby… Come on baby.”
A
“Let’s never stop, never stop, never stop starting.”
Em
“You never can seem to remember my name.”
G
“But when we’re dancing I am in love again.”
D
“Come on baby… Come on baby.”
A
“Let’s never stop, never stop, never stop starting.”
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| b Bend
| r Release bend
| x Muted note
| * Palm muted
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| v Vibrato
| ~ Sustain
| + Harmonics
|(x) Implied note
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Source: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/sylvan_esso/just_dancing_chords_2138397