Chords for Eric Roberson - Def Ears LIVE in DC

Tempo:
130.15 bpm
Chords used:

Ab

Fm

Db

Eb

F

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Eric Roberson - Def Ears LIVE in DC chords
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[Ab]
[Db] [Ab]
[D]
[Db] I'm so lost.
[Dm] I can't pretend.
[Db] That the girl that I [Ab] see right in front of me [D] doesn't have control.
[Fm] [Db] She's like a friend to my heart.
Key to my future.
Love her [C] soul.
[Fm] [Cm] [Ab]
[Db] Crazy thing, I didn't [Dm] even know her name.
[D]
[Db] Who she was.
[Dm] Or where she came from.
[Bb] [Ab] But she passed me [Db] this passion.
Pushed back my action like [D] we couldn't deal.
[E]
[Db] She said something about timing.
A pass, not a lining.
But I need her [Eb] still.
[Db] Ooh ooh.
I, [Dbm] I need her still.
[E]
Oh I, I need her [C] still.
Oh ho.
[Bb] [Eb]
[Db] [N]
[E] But I need her still.
[B]
[Ab]
Left my heart [Eb] with lovely [F] stranger.
One way [Ab] street headed for danger.
I close [Fm] my eyes but still can't fade her.
[Dm]
She's been there for [Ab] years.
[Fm]
I've been hurt, messing with lesser, yeah.
And even though I do no [Ab] better, yeah.
I spend my nights writing love letters, yeah.
Landing [Gm] on [Fm] deaf [Cm] ears.
So [Db] I [Gb] ask.
What could [Eb] she be?
[Cm] [Eb] A simple [Bbm]
friend.
Also made [F] for [Bbm] me.
Is it a fate?
Just [Ab] passing by.
Or [Eb] could [Bbm] she be.
The missing pieces in [Am] my [Bbm] life.
[Ab]
[Fm] God I ask you for clarity.
[Ab] There's an answer, [Ebm] yeah.
[F]
There's gotta be.
[Fm] If it was just a crush or [Eb] infatuation.
[F] I [Gbm] understand.
[Bbm] [Fm]
What she reaches for me.
She's this word when we speak.
Like I [Eb] was her man.
[Fm] [Cm] Hey, hey, [Ab] hey, [Fm] hey.
Left my heart with lovely stranger.
One way street headed for danger.
[Ab] I close my eyes but still can't fade her.
[F] She's been there for years.
[Ab]
I've been hurt, messing with lesser, [F] yeah.
And even though I [Fm] do no better, yeah.
I spend my nights [Ab] writing love letters, yeah.
Landing [Eb] on deaf [Ab] ears.
[Eb] So [Db] I ask.
What could [Eb] she be?
A simple [F] friend.
[Db] Also made for [F] me.
Is [Gb] it a [Gbm] fate?
[Bbm] Just [Ab] passing by.
[Cm] Or could she [Bbm] [Gbm] be.
[Db] The missing [Bbm] pieces in my [Dm] [Bb] life.
[Ab]
[Db] Curtis [Ab] Chambers on solo, y'all.
[Bb] [F] [Dm] [Ab]
[Dm] [Ab]
[Eb] [Ab]
[Fm] Left [Ab]
[Bb] [Fm]
[C] [Ab]
[Fm]
[Bb] [Ab]
[Bb]
[Fm] [Bb]
[Fm] [Bbm]
[Fm]
[Ab]
[Fm] [Cm]
[Ab]
[F]
[Db] [Ab]
[Fm]
[Abm] [Fm]
[Ebm]
[Db] [Fm] my heart with lovely stranger.
[Dm] One way street [Fm] headed for danger.
[Db] I close my [Eb] eyes but still can't fade [D] her.
[Cm] She's been [Ebm] there for years.
[Db] She's been there for years.
[Fm] I've been hurt, messing with lesser, [Cm] yeah.
And [F] even though [Eb] I do no better, [Db] yeah.
I spend [Ab] my nights writing love letters, [Cm] yeah.
Landing on deaf ears.
[Bbm] [Db]
Left my [Ab] heart with lovely stranger, [D] yeah.
[F] One way street headed for danger, [Db] yeah. Danger.
I close my eyes but still can't fade her, [Am] no.
She's been there for [Bbm] years.
She's been there for [Db]
years.
I've [Ab] been hurt, messing with lesser, [F] yeah.
Even though [Fm] I do no better, [Db] yeah.
I [Ab] spend my nights writing [Fm] love letters, yeah.
[Eb] Landing on deaf ears.
[Ab]
[Fm] Yeah, yeah, [F]
[Fm] [Ab]
yeah, yeah.
[Fm]
[Eb] [Db] Oh, oh, oh, [Eb] [Dm]
[Ab] oh, oh, oh, oh.
[Db] [Dm] [G] Landing on deaf ears.
[Bbm] [Ab] [Db]
Thank you.
[Ab]
[N]
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Fm
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Db
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Eb
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F
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Ab
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Fm
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Db
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Learn the basic chords of Eric Roberson - Def Ears chords, with this master sequence: F, Fm, Ab, Fm, Cm, Fm, Eb and Ab. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 65 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 130. Tune your capo to accommodate your vocal range, referencing the song's key: Ab Major.

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[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ I'm so lost.
[Dm] I can't pretend. _ _
_ [Db] That the girl that I [Ab] see right in front of me [D] doesn't have control.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ [Db] She's like a friend to my heart.
Key to my future.
Love her [C] soul.
_ [Fm] _ _ [Cm] _ [Ab] _ _
[Db] _ _ _ Crazy thing, I didn't [Dm] even know her _ name.
[D] _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ Who she was.
_ [Dm] Or where she came from.
[Bb] _ [Ab] But she passed me [Db] this passion.
Pushed back my action like [D] we couldn't deal.
[E] _ _ _ _
[Db] She said something about timing.
A pass, not a lining.
But I need her [Eb] _ still. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Db] Ooh ooh.
_ _ _ I, _ _ _ [Dbm] I need her still.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ Oh I, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I need her [C] still. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Oh ho.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ But I need her still. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
Left my heart [Eb] with lovely [F] stranger. _
One way [Ab] street headed for danger.
I close [Fm] my eyes but still can't fade her.
[Dm]
She's been there for [Ab] years.
_ _ _ [Fm] _
_ I've been hurt, messing with lesser, yeah.
And even though I do no [Ab] better, yeah.
I spend my nights writing love letters, yeah.
Landing [Gm] on [Fm] deaf [Cm] ears.
So [Db] I _ _ [Gb] _ ask.
What could [Eb] she be?
[Cm] _ _ [Eb] A simple [Bbm] _
friend.
_ Also made [F] for _ [Bbm] me.
_ Is it a fate?
_ _ Just [Ab] passing by.
_ _ Or [Eb] could [Bbm] she be.
The missing pieces in [Am] my _ _ _ [Bbm] life.
_ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] God I ask you for clarity. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] There's an answer, [Ebm] yeah.
_ [F]
There's gotta be.
_ _ [Fm] _ If it was just a crush or _ [Eb] _ infatuation.
[F] I _ [Gbm] understand.
_ [Bbm] _ _ [Fm]
What she reaches for me.
She's this word when we speak.
Like I [Eb] was her man.
[Fm] [Cm] Hey, hey, [Ab] hey, [Fm] _ hey.
Left my heart with lovely stranger.
_ _ One way street headed for danger.
[Ab] _ I close my eyes but still can't fade her.
[F] She's been there for years.
_ [Ab] _ _
_ _ I've been hurt, messing with lesser, [F] yeah.
And even though I [Fm] do no better, yeah.
I spend my nights [Ab] writing love letters, yeah.
Landing [Eb] on deaf [Ab] ears.
[Eb] _ So [Db] I ask.
_ _ What could [Eb] she be?
_ _ A simple _ [F] friend.
[Db] _ Also made for [F] me.
_ _ _ Is [Gb] it a [Gbm] fate?
[Bbm] _ _ Just [Ab] passing by.
_ _ [Cm] Or could she [Bbm] [Gbm] be.
[Db] The missing [Bbm] pieces in my [Dm] _ _ [Bb] life.
_ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Db] Curtis [Ab] Chambers on solo, y'all. _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ Left _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ [Fm] my heart with lovely stranger.
_ _ [Dm] One way street [Fm] headed for danger.
[Db] _ I close my [Eb] eyes but still can't fade [D] her.
[Cm] She's been [Ebm] there for years.
[Db] She's been there for years.
[Fm] I've been hurt, messing with lesser, [Cm] yeah.
And [F] even though [Eb] I do no better, [Db] yeah.
I spend [Ab] my nights writing love letters, [Cm] yeah.
Landing on deaf ears.
[Bbm] _ [Db] _ _
_ _ Left my [Ab] heart with lovely stranger, [D] yeah.
[F] _ One way street headed for danger, [Db] yeah. Danger.
I close my eyes but still can't fade her, [Am] no.
She's been there for [Bbm] years.
She's been there for [Db]
years.
I've [Ab] been hurt, messing with lesser, [F] yeah.
Even _ though [Fm] I do no better, [Db] yeah.
I [Ab] spend my nights writing [Fm] love letters, yeah.
[Eb] Landing on deaf ears.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Fm] _ Yeah, yeah, _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ [Ab] _
yeah, yeah.
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ Oh, oh, oh, _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ oh, oh, oh, oh.
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Dm] [G] Landing on deaf ears.
[Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Thank you.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _

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The The Collection album includes this song.

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