Capo: 3

Dancing in the Dark by Bruce Springsteen Cover by Mat Kearney as interpreted by dewis Tuning: Drop D Capo on the 3rd D Strum: Hit the base D hard during the strum |---2-2-2p0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0h2-2-2-2-------| |---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------| |---2-2-2p0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0h2-2-2-2-------| |---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------| |---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------| |-0-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------|

|---^D2--^G0--^A0-^Asus4--0----^Bm2--| |---3--3--2---3----3--| |---2--0--2---2----4--| |---0--0--2---2----4--| |---0--2--0---0----2--| |------0-----------2--|

Verse 1:

^DI get up in the evening and I ain't got nothing to say I come home in the morning I go to bed feeling the same w^Gay I ain't nothing but tired, man I'm just tired and bored with myse^Dlf

Hey there baby I could use just a little help Chorus:

^A You can't start ^Asus4a fire^A, you can't start a fire without a spar^Gk (Occasional A cappella) D This gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark

Verse 2:

^D Messages keep getting clearer, radio's on and I'm moving 'round the place I check my look in the mirror, wanna change my clothes, my hair, my fac^Ge Man, I ain't getting nowhere, I'm just living in a dump like thi^Ds

There's something happening somewhere baby I just know there is Chorus:

^A You can't start a fir^Asus4e, you^A can't start a fire without a spar^Gk This gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark^D

Bridge:

^Bm You sit around getting ^Dolder,^G there's a joke here som^Aewhere and it's on ^Bmme I'll shake the world off my s^Dhoulders,^G come on baby the ^Alaugh's on me

Verse 3:

^D Stay on the streets of this town and they'll be carving you up all right They say you gotta stay hungry, hey baby I'm just about starving tonig^Ght

I'm dying for some action, I'm sick of sitting 'round here trying to

write this bo^Dok I need a love reaction, come on now baby gimme just one look

Chorus:

^A You can't start a ^Asus4fire s^Aitting round crying over a broken hea^Grt This gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark ^A You can't start a^Asus4 fire ^Aworrying about your little world falling ap^Gart This gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark ^D ^DEven if we're just dancing in the dark (x4)

Mat Kearney - Dancing in the darkcover