Chords for Joji "SLOW DANCING IN THE DARK" Official Lyrics & Meaning | Verified

[N] I know Asians, we love Celine [D] Dion because it sounds like the power [Em] ballads [Dbm] that has
the same sort of thing going on.
Me being old with a residency in Vegas, [D] that'd be it.
Singing other people's ballads.
_ Karaoke shit.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D]
I was writing it bit by bit, just creating it.
Just [Bm] what I was feeling on the fly.
Sometimes I'll have my engineer, but other than [Ebm] that, it's just me.
I do just sit and write by myself [D] and then go into the booth and try things.
_ [F] _ [Eb] I want a friend.
[D] I want my life in two.
_ Waiting to get there.
_ Waiting for you.
This person is waiting to the point where they get to [Gb] be with this other person that
they're singing about.
[D] I don't fight it all night.
I done [Eb] fight it all night.
So it's like [D] I'm fighting it all night.
I'm going insane.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ When you see me out there, you know, [F] lost, don't come following me [Em] because you'll be
just as lost as me.
[E] If you don't know what you want, if that person doesn't know what they want, then [D] it's just
like they'll end up [B] with each other and just be like fucked up.
You done made up your mind.
I don't need no [Em] more signs.
[D] Can you?
_ [E] Can you?
This person might have just chosen another person or another, _ just anything.
You know what I mean?
[Eb] And like this person's in distress.
[N] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ A lot of dudes [E] _ probably like, even with a girl that they don't even know, [D] they'll probably
like mumble to themselves that shit.
You [Gb] know what I mean?
So it could apply to anybody.
You could [D] be looking at a picture of Ariana Grande dating Pete Davidson and you're like,
yeah, you [Bm] should be like, I can't compete.
You [E] looked at me [Ebm] like I was someone else.
Oh [F] well.
Can't you see?
I don't want to slow dance.
[Eb] In the [N] dark.
_ _ [E] In the [Ab] dark.
It's [Em] someone kind [E] of, what's [F] the word, crooning, calling out to someone [Eb] else, being like, _ [F] don't
waste my time.
Be [Gb] with me.
We cut out the beat a lot [Em] when _ the last part where it's going dark, [Eb] the whole crowd, just
the sound wave hits you.
And [B] even through the in-ears, you can [Dbm] just feel it and it's really impactful.
They're probably screaming about their own [D] little things going on and I can't help but
[Ab] wonder what they're thinking about.
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [E] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] Yes.
After I [E] said, just hear my voice in you, you'll probably shut me out too and you'll do great.
[D] But the option's still there.
[E] _ To hold you when you fall. _
I don't fuck with your tone.
_ I [Eb] don't want to go home.
By this point of the song, the person is just a little bit [Ebm] _ on the fence.
[Gb] Again, just confused.
So he's like, oh, [D] I don't want to go home though.
Can it be one night?
Can you?
Can you?
I'm quite prude with my lyrics.
I wouldn't say it was a sexual reference.
It was more just like, spend time with me for [E] _ just another night or [Gb] something.
I wish I [D] was cool enough to make [B] sexual references like that.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _