Chords for John Mayer - "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room" Cover by Lindsay Ell
Tempo:
65.8 bpm
Chords used:
B
D
G
A
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Hi, I'd like to play you a song from one of my favorite artists, John Mayer.
This is Slow Dancing in a Burning Room.
[F#]
[D] [Bm] [Em]
[Bm] [D] [F#m]
[D] [B] [A] [F#m]
[D] [B] It's not a silly little moment.
[Gm] It's not the [D] storm before the calm.
[B] This is the deep and dying breath of this [G] love that we've been working [D] on.
[B] Can't seem to hold you like I want to.
[G] So I can [D] feel you in my arms.
[B] Nobody's gonna come and save you.
We've pulled too [G] many [D] false alarms.
We're going down.
[A] Who can see [G] it too?
We're going [A] down, down.
[B] You know [G] that we're doomed, my [B] dear.
We're slow dancing [G] in a [D] burning room.
[B] [Bm]
[D] [A] [F#m]
[D] [B] I was the one you always dreamed of.
[G] You were the one I tried [D] to draw.
[B] How dare you say it's nothing to me.
Baby, you're [G] the only [D] light I think I ever saw.
[B] I make the most of all the sadness.
[G] You be a [D] bitch, cause you care.
[B] You try to hit me, I'm so hurry, so you leave me feeling [G] dirty, cause you,
you can't [D] understand.
We're [A] going down.
[B] You can see it [G] too.
We're [A] going down, down.
[B] You [Gm] know that we're doomed, my [B] dear.
We're slow dancing [G] in a [A] burning room.
[D] [Em]
[D] [Bm] [A#] [G]
[B]
[Bm]
[Em] Go cry about it, why don't [B] you?
[A] [Em] Go cry about it, why don't [B] you?
[A] [Em] Go cry about it, go cry about [B] it.
[A] [B] My dear, we're slow dancing [G] in a [D] burning room.
Don't you [B] think we ought to know by now?
Don't you [G] think we should've [D] learned somehow?
Don't you think [B] we ought to know by now?
Don't you think [G] we should've [D] learned somehow?
Don't you think we [A] ought to know by now?
Don't you think we [G] should've learned [Dm] somehow?
My [B] dear, oh my dear, oh.
[Gm]
[D] [A] [E]
[D] [B] Oh.
[Bm] [B] [E] [Bm]
[B]
[E] [C#m] [E]
[B]
This is Slow Dancing in a Burning Room.
[F#]
[D] [Bm] [Em]
[Bm] [D] [F#m]
[D] [B] [A] [F#m]
[D] [B] It's not a silly little moment.
[Gm] It's not the [D] storm before the calm.
[B] This is the deep and dying breath of this [G] love that we've been working [D] on.
[B] Can't seem to hold you like I want to.
[G] So I can [D] feel you in my arms.
[B] Nobody's gonna come and save you.
We've pulled too [G] many [D] false alarms.
We're going down.
[A] Who can see [G] it too?
We're going [A] down, down.
[B] You know [G] that we're doomed, my [B] dear.
We're slow dancing [G] in a [D] burning room.
[B] [Bm]
[D] [A] [F#m]
[D] [B] I was the one you always dreamed of.
[G] You were the one I tried [D] to draw.
[B] How dare you say it's nothing to me.
Baby, you're [G] the only [D] light I think I ever saw.
[B] I make the most of all the sadness.
[G] You be a [D] bitch, cause you care.
[B] You try to hit me, I'm so hurry, so you leave me feeling [G] dirty, cause you,
you can't [D] understand.
We're [A] going down.
[B] You can see it [G] too.
We're [A] going down, down.
[B] You [Gm] know that we're doomed, my [B] dear.
We're slow dancing [G] in a [A] burning room.
[D] [Em]
[D] [Bm] [A#] [G]
[B]
[Bm]
[Em] Go cry about it, why don't [B] you?
[A] [Em] Go cry about it, why don't [B] you?
[A] [Em] Go cry about it, go cry about [B] it.
[A] [B] My dear, we're slow dancing [G] in a [D] burning room.
Don't you [B] think we ought to know by now?
Don't you [G] think we should've [D] learned somehow?
Don't you think [B] we ought to know by now?
Don't you think [G] we should've [D] learned somehow?
Don't you think we [A] ought to know by now?
Don't you think we [G] should've learned [Dm] somehow?
My [B] dear, oh my dear, oh.
[Gm]
[D] [A] [E]
[D] [B] Oh.
[Bm] [B] [E] [Bm]
[B]
[E] [C#m] [E]
[B]
Key:
B
D
G
A
Bm
B
D
G
Hi, I'd like to play you a song from one of my favorite artists, John Mayer.
This is Slow Dancing in a Burning Room. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
[D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[D] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[D] _ _ [B] It's not a silly little moment.
[Gm] It's not the [D] storm before the calm.
[B] This is the deep and dying breath of this [G] love that we've been working [D] on.
[B] Can't seem to hold you like I want to.
[G] So I can [D] feel you in my arms.
[B] Nobody's gonna come and save you.
We've pulled too [G] many [D] false alarms.
We're going down.
[A] _ _ Who can see [G] it too?
We're going [A] down, down.
_ [B] You know [G] that we're doomed, my [B] dear.
We're slow dancing [G] in a [D] burning room.
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Bm] _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#m] _
[D] _ _ [B] I was the one you always dreamed of.
[G] You were the one I tried [D] to draw.
[B] How dare you say it's nothing to me.
Baby, you're [G] the only [D] light I think I ever saw.
[B] I make the most of all the sadness.
[G] You be a [D] bitch, cause you care.
[B] You try to hit me, I'm so hurry, so you leave me feeling [G] dirty, cause you,
you can't [D] understand.
We're [A] going down.
_ [B] You can see it [G] too.
We're [A] going down, down.
_ [B] You [Gm] know that we're doomed, my [B] dear.
We're slow dancing [G] in a [A] burning room.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _
[D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A#] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [Em] Go cry about it, why don't [B] you?
_ [A] _ [Em] Go cry about it, why don't [B] you?
_ [A] _ [Em] Go cry about it, go cry about [B] it.
_ [A] _ [B] My dear, we're slow dancing [G] in a [D] burning room.
Don't you [B] think we ought to know by now?
Don't you [G] think we should've [D] learned somehow?
Don't you think [B] we ought to know by now?
Don't you think [G] we should've [D] learned somehow?
Don't you think we [A] ought to know by now?
Don't you think we [G] should've learned [Dm] somehow?
My [B] dear, oh my dear, oh.
[Gm] _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[D] [B] Oh.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
This is Slow Dancing in a Burning Room. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
[D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[D] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[D] _ _ [B] It's not a silly little moment.
[Gm] It's not the [D] storm before the calm.
[B] This is the deep and dying breath of this [G] love that we've been working [D] on.
[B] Can't seem to hold you like I want to.
[G] So I can [D] feel you in my arms.
[B] Nobody's gonna come and save you.
We've pulled too [G] many [D] false alarms.
We're going down.
[A] _ _ Who can see [G] it too?
We're going [A] down, down.
_ [B] You know [G] that we're doomed, my [B] dear.
We're slow dancing [G] in a [D] burning room.
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Bm] _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#m] _
[D] _ _ [B] I was the one you always dreamed of.
[G] You were the one I tried [D] to draw.
[B] How dare you say it's nothing to me.
Baby, you're [G] the only [D] light I think I ever saw.
[B] I make the most of all the sadness.
[G] You be a [D] bitch, cause you care.
[B] You try to hit me, I'm so hurry, so you leave me feeling [G] dirty, cause you,
you can't [D] understand.
We're [A] going down.
_ [B] You can see it [G] too.
We're [A] going down, down.
_ [B] You [Gm] know that we're doomed, my [B] dear.
We're slow dancing [G] in a [A] burning room.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _
[D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A#] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [Em] Go cry about it, why don't [B] you?
_ [A] _ [Em] Go cry about it, why don't [B] you?
_ [A] _ [Em] Go cry about it, go cry about [B] it.
_ [A] _ [B] My dear, we're slow dancing [G] in a [D] burning room.
Don't you [B] think we ought to know by now?
Don't you [G] think we should've [D] learned somehow?
Don't you think [B] we ought to know by now?
Don't you think [G] we should've [D] learned somehow?
Don't you think we [A] ought to know by now?
Don't you think we [G] should've learned [Dm] somehow?
My [B] dear, oh my dear, oh.
[Gm] _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[D] [B] Oh.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _