Sara Bareilles is a mega-talented musician. I appreciate her song writing abilities and enjoy her performance skills. Love Song and Manhattan are a few of my favorite songs. You can click on the links at the end of the post for the chord charts. Are you familiar with the artist and do you have a favorite choice?
Here are the slash chords and mostly play block chords with some melody in the right hand.
Little Black Dress (Chords & Lyrics)
Words and Music by Sara Bareilles
Key: G
Time: 4/4 Moderately
Intro
G/D // // Bm/D // //
G D/F#
Okay, I can see it now it's all the same thing
Just different wrapping around it
Dm/F C/E
No need to soften your words, they're still gonna hurt
Cm/Eb
So don't pull punches
G
I tried to be everything you'd ever want
D/F#
And sometimes I even stood on my heart and stomped
Dm/F C/E
Now I'm finally alone and dressed for the show
Cm/Eb Em
But going nowhere
C Cm G
They don't need to see me crying
D6
I'll get my little black dress on
And if I put on my favorite song
Em C
I'm gonna dance until you're all gone
Cm G
I'll get my little black dress on
D/F#
You came, lifted me up but then you dropped a hurricane
F
Now I'm fighting to find the ground again, to steady my feet
C/E Cm/Eb
Get up off my knees and just remember
G
That I am more than just somebody's puppet
D/F#
I can find the cord and then I'll cut it
F C/E Cm/Eb
I stand a pretty good chance to dust myself off and dance
G D6
I'll get my little black dress on
And if I put on my favorite song
Em C
I'm gonna dance until you're all gone
Cm G
I'll get my little black dress on
D6
I got my little black dress on
Em
And if I tell myself that nothing's wrong
Cm6
This doesn't have to be a sad song
Em
Not with my little black dress on
C G
It's time to connect the dots and draw a different picture up
D Em
And paint it with the colors of everything I ever was
C G/D
Return to the scene of the crime, the day I let the music die
D G
And rewrite the final lines cause this time I
D6
I'll get my little black dress on
Em
And if I put on my favorite song
C
I'm gonna dance until you're all gone
Cm G
I'll get my little black dress on
D6
I got my little black dress on
Em
And if I tell myself that nothing's wrong
Cm6
This doesn't have to be a sad song
G
Not with my little black dress on
© 2013 Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Chord Breakdown
L.H. / R.H.
Intro:
G/D = /DGB
Bm/D = /DF#D
G = GBD/G
D/F# = F#A/D
Dm/F = FA/D
C/E = EG/C
Cm/Eb = EbG/C
D/F# = F#F#/AE
Dm/F = FF/ADF
C/E = EE/GD
Cm/Eb = EbEb/GB
Em = EE/G
C = CC/CEA
Cm = CC/CEbA
G = G/BD
D6 = D/ABD
Em = E/BEG
C = C/GCE
Cm = C/GCEb
G = G/BD
D/F# = F#/AE
F = F/ACF
C/E = E/GD
Cm/Eb = Eb/GB
G = G/BG
D/F# = F#/AE
F = F/ACF
C/E = E/GD
Cm/Eb = EbEb/GA
G = G/BDG
D6 = D/ABD
Em = E/BEG
C = C/GCE
Cm = C/GCEb
G = G/BDG
D6 = D/ABD
Em = E/GB
Cm6 = C/ACEb
To Coda:
C/ACEbG
G/BDG
More Sara Bareilles Songs:
Love Song
Manhattan
Happy Valentine's Day!
"Jazz washes away the dust of every day life." -- Art Blakey
