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BTS - Permission to Dance Ukulele Chords

Chord reference E7, B, C#m, A, G#m, G#
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[E7]It’s the [B]thought of [C#m]being young, [B]when your heart’s just like a [A]drum [G#m]Beating louder with no [A]way to guard [B]it, [E7]when it all [B]seems like it’s [C#m]wrong [B]Just sing along to Elton [A]John [G#m]And to that feeling, [A]we’re just [B]getting started

[C#m]When the nights get [G#]colder, [A]and the rhythms got you falling [B]behind [C#m]Just dream about that [G#]moment, [A]when you look yourself right in [B]the eye, eye, eye Then you say…

[E7]I wanna [B]dance, [C#m]the music’s got me [B]going. [A]Ain’t not[G#m]hing that can [A]stop how we [B]move, yeah. [E7]Let’s break our [B]plans, and [C#m]live just like we’re [B]golden. And [A]roll in like [G#m]we’re dancing [A]fools. [B]

[C#m]We don’t need to [G#]worry. [A]’Cause when we fall, we know how to [B]land. Don’t need to [E7]talk the [B]talk, just [Cm#]walk the [B]walk [A]tonight. ‘Cause we [G#m]don’t need per[A]mission to [E7]dance.

[E7]There’s always [B]something that’s [C#m]standing in [B]the way But if you [A]don’t let it phase [G#m]ya, you’ll [A]know just how to [B]break Just keep the [E7]right vibe, [B]yeah, [C#m]’cause there’s no looking [B]back There ain’t [A]no one to [G#m]prove, we don’t [A]got this on [B]lock (Yeah)

[C#m]The wait is [G#]over, the [A]time is now so let’s do it [B]right, mmm (Yeah) [C#m]Yeah we’ll keep [G#]going, and stay [A]up until we see the [B]sunrise And we’ll say (Yeah)

[E7]I wanna [B]dance, [C#m]the music’s got me [B]going. [A]Ain’t not[G#m]hing that can [A]stop how we [B]move, yeah. [E7]Let’s break our [B]plans, and [C#m]live just like we’re [B]golden. And [A]roll in like [G#m]we’re dancing [A]fools. [B]

[C#m]We don’t need to [G#]worry. [A]’Cause when we fall, we know how to [B]land. Don’t need to [E7]talk the [B]talk, just [Cm#]walk the [B]walk [A]tonight. ‘Cause we [G#m]don’t need per[A]mission to [E7]dance.

[E7] [B] [C#m] [B] [A] [G#m] [A] [B] [C#m]Well, let me [G#]show ya, that we [A]can keep the fire [B]alive [C#m]’Cause it’s not [G]over, till it’s [A]over, say it one more [B]time Say…

[E7]I wanna [B]dance, [C#m]the music’s got me [B]going. [A]Ain’t not[G#m]hing that can [A]stop how we [B]move, yeah. [E7]Let’s break our [B]plans, and [C#m]live just like we’re [B]golden. And [A]roll in like [G#m]we’re dancing [A]fools. [B]

[C#m]We don’t need to [G#]worry. [A]’Cause when we fall, we know how to [B]land. Don’t need to [E7]talk the [B]talk, just [Cm#]walk the [B]walk [A]tonight. ‘Cause we [G#m]don’t need per[A]mission to [E7]dance.

Artist BTS
Album Butter / Permission to Dance
Genres Pop
Year 2021
Key E7

How to Play Permission to Dance on Ukulele?

BTS - Permission to Dance can be played in the key of E7 using the E7, B, C#m, A, G#m, G# chords.

  • For E7, To play E7, press fret 1 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the C string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 3, leave E open.
  • For B, To play B, barre fret 2 across E–A with finger 1, press fret 4 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 3 on the C string with finger 2.
  • For C#m, To play C#m | Dbm, press fret 1 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 4 on the C string with finger 3, press fret 4 on the A string with finger 3, leave E open.
  • For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the C string with finger 2, leave E, A open.
  • For G#m, To play G#m | Abm, press fret 4 on the G string with finger 4, press fret 3 on the C string with finger 3, press fret 4 on the E string with finger 4, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2.
  • For G#, To play G# | Ab, press fret 1 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 4 on the E string with finger 4, press fret 3 on the A string with finger 3, leave C open.

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

You can play Permission to Dance with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.