4 Chords used in the song: Dm, Gm, Bb, A7

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Dm
Gm
Bb
A7
Verse 1:
Dm
Gm
I feel so unsu re
Bb
A7
As I take your hand and lead you to the dance floor
Dm
Gm
As the music dies, something in your eyes
Bb
A7
Calls to mind a silver screen, and all its sad good-byes
Chorus:
Dm
Gm
I'm never gonna dance again, guilty feet have got no rhythm
Bb
A7
Though it's easy to pretend, I know you're not a fool
Dm
I should've known better than to cheat a friend,
Gm
And waste the chance that I'd been given
Bb
A7
So I'm never gonna dance again, the way I danced with you
Interlude:
Dm
Gm
Bb
A7
Verse 2:
Dm
Gm
Bb
A7
Time can never mend, the careless whispers of a good friend
Dm
Gm
To the heart and mind, ignorance is kind
Bb
A7
There's no comfort in the truth, pain is all you'll find
Chorus
Instrumental Break:
Dm
Gm
Bb
A7
Verse 3:
Dm
Tonight the music seems so loud,
Gm
I wish that we could lose this crowd
Bb
Maybe it's better this way,
A7
we'd hurt each other with the things we'd want to say
Dm
We could have been so good together,
Gm
we could have lived this dance forever
Bb
A7
But now who's gonna dance with me? Please stay
Bridge:
Dm
Gm
(Now that you're gone)
Bb
A7
Now that you're gone, do you have to leave me alone?
Dm
Gm
(Now that you're gone)
Bb
A7
So wrong, so wrong, did you have to leave me alone?
(or repeat previous line)
Chorus
Outro:
Dm
Gm
Woa-oah.
BbA7
Dm
No, I'm never gonna dance again, the way I danced with you
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About this song: Careless Whisper
George Michael was 17 when he wrote this. He was taking the bus to his job as an usher at a cinema. That's where the reference to "The silver screen" comes from in the first verse. This was Epic Records first million selling single and it was George Michael's biggest selling single in the UK, either as a solo artist or with Wham! selling 1,365,995 copies. For more info on Careless Whisper go to http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3051.