"Hostage" on ukulele by Billie Eilish • UkuTabs

Artist	Billie Eilish
Album	dont smile at me
Genre(s)	chillout • electronic • indie • indie pop • pop
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Verse:
Bbm      Db  Gb
I wanna be alone
Bbm                   Db         Gb
Alone with you, does that make sense?
Bbm      Db          Gb
I wanna steal your soul
    Bbm             Db        Gb
And hide you in my treasure chest

Verse:
Bbm           Db       Gb
I don't know what to do
   Bbm                Db     Gb
To do with your kiss on my neck
Bbm           Db          Gb
I don't know what feels true
    Bbm                  Db      Gb
But this feels right so stay a sec
      Bbm                Db      Gb
Yeah, you feel right so stay a sec

Chorus:
           F7                Gb
And let me crawl inside your veins
             F7                        Gb
I'll build a wall, give you a ball and chain

              Ebm
It's not like me to be so mean
             Gb
You're all I wanted
            Ebm   Gb
Just let me hold you
       Bbm Db Gb Bbm Db Gb
like a hostage

Verse:
Bbm           Db     Gb
Gold on your fingertips
Bbm         Db          Gb
Fingertips against my cheek
Bbm         Db          Gb
Gold leaf across your lips
Bbm            Db       Gb
Kiss me until I can't speak

Verse:
Bbm           Db          Gb
Gold chain beneath your shirt
    Bbm                 Db       Gb
The shirt that you let me wear home
Bbm              Db         Gb
Gold's fake and real love hurts
    Bbm                 Db   Gb
And nothing hurts when I'm alone
     Bbm                 Db     Gb
When you're with me and we're alone

Chorus:
           F7                Gb
And let me crawl inside your veins
             F7                        Gb
I'll build a wall, give you a ball and chain
              Ebm
It's not like me to be so mean
             Gb
You're all I wanted
            Ebm   Gb
Just let me hold you
Ebm   Gb
Hold you
       Bbm Db Gb
Like a hostage
       Bbm Db Gb 
Like a hostage

Outro -x2-: Bbm Db Gb

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Panic at the Avacodo Ferret Disco Muahahahahahaha

Yowza these are the exact chords. Just what I needed to serenade my depression.

Ahaha…People think I’m kidding

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thatasiannerd

mind if I join you…

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glowstick19

You don’t understand how hard I relate…

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Virgil

Thanks! Sounds EXACTLY right at 0 and is really easy. Personally, instead of F on the very last “hold you”, I play E7. The actual song is just down on each chord once, no strumming pattern required. The “like a hostage” part is played just like the verses ((Am for 2 beats, C for 1 beat, F for 1 beat, rest for 3 beats)).

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Avie

These were really good chords for me.. it sounds better with my voice too, which really helps! Thank you so much! ☺️♥️

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Ali

Very good ! I use d,ddud for the strumming!

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BillieEilishFan200

When I do “like a hostage” I kind of pick the strings and I do G, C, A. It sounds a little bit like the guitar in the actual song

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Lily

Me too

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BillieEilishisyummyasf1234

i do single downstrums until the chorus then i do dduudu

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Brook Reinhardt

This sounded so close to the original it completely calmed my anxiety. I also found that if you use a plucking pattern of 1 3 2 4 it sound soo cool.

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egianicos123

the E7 in this is so nice omg

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Darlene

What I do is go down 2 times on the Am then go with the C once and the same with the F.

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Meg Fidgetz

I think that this even sounds good with single strums. I live the E7, and it fits perfectly with my voice

Billie Eilish Californian singer and dancer "Billie Eilish debuted her ethereal indie electro-pop sound when she was barely a teenager. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Eilish grew up in a household of actors and musicians, and was home schooled along with her brother Finneas O'Connell. At the age of eight, she joined the Los Angeles Children's Choir, developing the soulful vocals that would later appear on her early singles. After the release of "six feet under" and"fingers crossed"
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