How to Play Them Dancehall Girls on Guitar?

Fraser & DeBolt - Them Dancehall Girls can be played in the key of C using the C, G, F, Em, D, Am chords. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G. For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D. For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B. For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Them Dancehall Girls with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

Fraser & DeBolt - Them Dancehall Girls Chords

Chord reference C, G, F, Em, D, Am

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

These dance hall [C]girls, [G]they’ll treat you [C]kind [C]They’ll give you their bodies, but [F]you’ll never reach their [C]minds They’ll [F]fill you [C]up [F]with lipstick [Em]lies [F] [F]When they put you [C]down, son [G]Don’t be [Am]surprised [D] [D]Is this the [C]way it always [G]is here in [F]Baltimore? [C] [G] [C]

[C]I‘ve held her mountains, [G]I kissed her [C]plains [C]I touched her sunshine, [F]and I drank her [C]rains But I’ve [F]been so [C]far, [F]then I broke too [Em]fast [F] [F]I thought I had a [C]winner picked [G]But I came in [Am]last [D]again [D]Is this the [C]way it always [G]is here in [F]Baltimore? [C] [G] [C]

[Em]I must have chosen the wrong [F]season to come [C]down [Em]I never realized they [F]call this sacred [G]ground

[G]My sense of [C]time, [G]hell I’m a week [C]behind [C]I sent a letter home, [F]but this all takes [C]time you know I wanna [F]get some [C]money, [F]I wanna go back [Em]home [F] [F]These dance hall [C]girls [C]Know how to [G]make a man feel [Am]alone [D] [D]Is this the [C]way it always [G]is here in [F]Baltimore? [C] [G] [C]

[Em]I must have chosen the wrong [F]season to come [C]down [Em]I never realized they [F]call this sacred [G]ground

G]My sense of [C]time, [G]hell I’m a week [C]behind [C]They’ll give you their bodies, but [F]you’ll never reach their [C]minds They’ll [F]fill you [C]up [F]with lipstick [Em]lies [F] [F]These dance hall [C]girls say They [G]can’t stand to see a [Am]grown man [D]cry [D]Is this the [C]way it always [G]is here in [F]Baltimore? [C] [G] [C]

[D]Is this the [C]way it always [G]is here in [F]Montreal? [C] [G] [C]

Artist Fraser & DeBolt

Album Fraser & DeBolt With Ian Guenther

Genres Folk

Year 1971

Key C

Fraser & DeBolt - Them Dancehall Girls can be played in the key of C using the C, G, F, Em, D, Am chords.

For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Them Dancehall Girls with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.