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Tears Dry On Their Own

Amy Winehouse

R&B / SoulAdvanced for beginners12 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

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Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Verse 1:  
 
    E6 
All I can ever be to you,  
Bbm7/5b 
Is a darkness that we knew,  
    A7M 
And this regret,  
  G#m7   F#m9       E/G#  F#m7  F#/Bb  
I got ac-customed to.  
 
E6 
Once it was so right,  
     Bbm7/5b 
When we were at our high,  
A7M 
 Waiting for you,  
G#m7       F#m9        E/G#  F#m7  F#/Bb 
 In the ho-tel at night.  
 
Verse 2:  
 
         E6 
I knew I hadn't,  
Met my match,  
          Bbm7/5b 
But every moment,  
We could snatch.  
  A7M 
I don't know why,  
 G#m7  F#m9       E/G#  F#m7  F#/Bb 
I got  so attached.  
 
           E6 
It's my responsibility,  
              Bbm7/5b 
And you don't owe,  
Nothing to me,  
       A7M 
But to walk away;  
  G#m7       F#m9   G#m7 
I have no ca-pacity.  
 
             
             1: 
   A7M       G#m7 
He walks away,  
        C#m7 
The sun goes down,  
A7M 
He takes the day,  
    G#m7 C#m7 
But I am grown.  
       A7M 
And in your grey,  
        G#m7 C#m7 
In this blue shade,  
   F#7 
My tears dry,  
         A 
On their own.  
             
 
Verse 3:  
 
E6 
I don't understand,  
    Bbm7/5b 
Why do I stress a man,  
     A7M 
When there?s so many,  
G#m7   F#m9          E/G#  F#m7  F#/Bb  
Better things at hand.  
 
           E6 
We could a never had it all,  
   Bbm7/5b 
We had to hit a wall,  
   A7M 
So this is,  
   G#m7  F#m9           E/G#  F#m7  F#/Bb  
In-evita-ble withdrawal.  
 
Verse 4:  
 
        E6 
Even if I stop wanting you,  
       Bbm7/5b 
A Pers-pective pushes through,  
     A7M          G#m7 
I'll be some next man's,  
      F#m9       E/G#  F#m7  F#/Bb  
Other woman soon.  
 
        E6 
I can't play myself again,  
              Bbm7/5b 
I should just be,  
My own best friend,  
    A7M                G#m7 
Not fuck myself in the head,  
    F#m9       G#m7 
With stupid men.  
 
             
             2: 
   A7M       G#m7 
He walks away,  
        C#m7 
The sun goes down,  
A7M 
He takes the day,  
    G#m7 C#m7 
But I am grown.  
       A7M 
And in your grey,  
        G#m7 C#m7 
In this blue shade,  
   F#7 
My tears dry,  
         A 
On their own.  
             
 
 
 
Bridge 1:  
 
   B 
So we are history,  
Your shadow covers me,  
The sky above,  
A blaze...  
 
             
              3:  
A7M          G#m7 
 He walks away,  
        C#m7 
The sun goes down,  
A7M 
 He takes the day,  
    G#m7       C#m7 
But I'm grown.  
       B 
And in your wake,  
In this blue shade,  
My tears dry,  
On their own.  
             
 
 
Verse 5:  
 
  E6 
I wish I could say,  
No regrets,  
       Bbm7/5b 
And no emotional debts,  
     A7M            G#m7 
'Cos as we kiss good-bye,  
    F#m9     E/G#  F#m7  F#/Bb 
The sun sets.  
 
    E6 
So we are history,  
    Bbm7/5b 
The shadow covers me,  
    A7M         G#m7 
The sky above a blaze,  
       F#m9          G#m7 
That only the lovers see.  
 
 
 
             
             3: 
   A7M       G#m7 
He walks away,  
        C#m7 
The sun goes down,  
A7M 
He takes the day,  
    G#m7 C#m7 
But I am grown.  
       A7M 
And in your grey,  
   G#m7 C#m7 
My blue shade,  
   F#7 
My tears dry,  
         A    Gm7  
On their own.  
             
 
 
 
             
             : 
A7M          G#m7 
 He walks away,  
        C#m7 
The sun goes down,  
A7M 
He takes the day,  
    G#m7 C#m7 
But I am grown.  
       A7M 
And in your grey,  
   G#m7 C#m7 
My deep shade,  
   F#7 
My tears dry,  
         A   G#m7 
On their own.  
             
 
 
 
             
              5:  
A7M          G#m7 
 He walks away,  
        C#m7 
The sun goes down,  
A7M 
 He takes the day  
    G#m7 C#m7 
But I am grown.  
       A7M 
And in your wake  
   G#m7       C#m7 
My deep shade,  
   A7M       G#m7  C#m7 
My tears dry...  
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
          
 

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Chord set

E6 · G#m7 · E · G# · F#m7 · F# · Bb · C#m7 · F#7 · A · B · Gm7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.