Bleachers - Chinatown: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Chinatown" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Chinatown Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Bleachers

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Chinatown" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

E         Esus4           E Esus4
Get in my backseat, honeypie
E                  Esus4              E  Esus4
And I'll wear your sadness like it's mine
       E         Esus4    E                Esus4
'Cause it's just good to feel what's been missing
            E             Esus4  E         Esus4
Yeah, it's bad when it's good to always be missing

Chorus:
      C#m
But a girl like you
             A
Could rip me out of my head
  B
Black tears on your cheek
   E               B
I want them in my bed
              C#m
I'll take you out of the city
        A
Honey, right into the shadow
           B
Because I wanna find tomorrow
Yeah, I wanna find tomorrow
       C#m
With a girl like you
            A
You're my Chinatown baby
 B
Sittin' on the front stoop
E                B
Crying out the crazy
              C#m
I'll take you out of the city
        A
Honey, right into the shadow
           B
Because I wanna find tomorrow
                      A               C#m
Yeah, I wanna find tomorrow with you, baby

Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme that big red light
And take the sadness out of Saturday night
'Cause that's just good to have what was missing
We were bad to be bad, to always be missing

Chorus:
But a girl like you
Could rip me out of my head
Black tears on your cheek
I want them in my bed
I'll take you out of the city
Honey, right into the shadow
'Cause I wanna find tomorrow
Yeah, I wanna find tomorrow
With a girl like you
You're my Chinatown baby
Sittin' on your front stoop
Crying out the crazy
I'll take you out of the city
Honey, right into the shadow
Because I wanna find tomorrow
Yeah, I wanna find tomorrow with you, baby

         A
I wanna run
         B
I wanna run
                      F#m
I love to chase every feeling
         C#m
I wanna run
         A
I wanna run
         B
I wanna run
                       A                C#m
'Cause I wanna find tomorrow with you, baby
    A  B
Oh-oh, oh-oh
                         A  E
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
   C#m    A
Oh-oh, oh-oh
  B
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

We don't have to break every dream we've ever known
Running down the hallway
Running up the long road
We don't have to chase everything we've ever made
Running down the hallway
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Running up the long road
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
We don't have to break every dream we've ever known


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

B

Guitar chord B

C#m

Guitar chord C#m

E

Guitar chord E

Esus4

Guitar chord Esus4

F#m

Guitar chord F#m

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Chinatown" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Chinatown" by Bleachers.