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Alternative, maybe easier, version:
  • Transpose the chords 2 half steps down [ -2 ]
  • Put a capo on fret 2 to stay in the same key

UKULELE CHORDS

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Intro:
   Bm Gb Em
   D Gb Bm Gb

Verse 1:
          Bm         Gb            Em
There's a fire in my brain and I'm burning up
   D Gb   Bm Gb
Oh my, oh my
     Bm              Gb           Em
Keep running for the sink but the well is dry
   D Gb   Bm Gb
Oh my, oh my

Pre-Chorus:
      Bm            G
Every word I say is kindling
        D                        Gb
But the smoke clears when you're around
          Bm                G
Won't you stay with me, my darling
        Gb
When my walls start burning down?
-Down, down-

Interlude:
   Bm Gb Em
   D Gb Bm Gb

Verse 2:
     Bm         Gb            Em
This house is my name like an elegy
   D Gb   Bm Gb
Oh my, oh my
     Bm         Gb            Em
Echoing where my ghosts all used to be
   D Gb   Bm Gb
Oh my, oh my

Pre-Chorus:
              Bm             G
There's still cobwebs in the corners
        D                  Gb
And the backyard's full of bones
          Bm                G
Won't you stay with me, my darling
          Gb
When this house don't feel like home?
          Gb
When this house don't feel like home?

Chorus:
   Bm            G
Oh ashes, ashes, dust to dust
    D       Gb    Bm         Gb
The devil's after both of us
Bm            G
Lay my curses out to rest
       D     Gb     Bm
Make a mercy out of me

Interlude:
   Bm Gb Em
   D Gb Bm Gb

Verse 3:
     Bm         Gb            Em
This tired old machine is a-rumbling
   D Gb   Bm Gb
Oh my, oh my
        Bm         Gb            Em
Singing songs to the secrets behind my eye
   D Gb   Bm Gb
Oh my, oh my

Pre-Chorus:
              Bm             G
All my aching bones are trembling
        D                  Gb
And I may yet fall apart
          Bm                G
Won't you stay with me, my darling
          Gb
When the war starts in my heart?
          Gb
When the war starts in my heart?

Chorus:
   Bm            G
Oh ashes, ashes, dust to dust
    D       Gb    Bm      Gb
The devil's after both of us
Bm            G
Lay my curses out to rest
       D     Gb     Bm
Make a mercy out of me
   Bm            G
Oh ashes, ashes, dust to dust
D       Gb    Bm  Gb
Tell me I am good enough
Bm            G
Lay my curses out to rest
       D     Gb
Make a mercy out of

Outro: Gb Bm
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Cady Leonard

I have no idea how to do an e, like my hands are too small ☹️

SavageSavarah

On the very last line, I like to add a C on “favor”. This song makes me sad but happy at the same time <3

nObOdY

Practice ‘E’ and you’ll get MUCH MUCH better at it. Trust me. I practice this so much that ‘E’ is really easy now. If you don’t know it very well I recomend my method. You can always slow down that part of the song.

Vee

DDU UDU DDU UDU Play that for every cord except for G and C endings. Sorry if that’s confusing just watch Elise Ucklands video for more help!

michell

For everyone saying they can’t do the E chord, I promise that if you keep practicing you’ll get it! I was CONVINCED that I couldn’t do one, but after a few weeks of trying to get it, I can say that I can do it now! It still takes me longer to switch to that chord than others, but I’m assuming that’ll get easier, too. Don’t give up, peeps <3

ali

instead of E, do E7 SOUNDS SO GOOOD

billieattheyromance

Here’s an alternate for E!

G-4
C-4
E-4
A-2

billie is brill-ie XD

just me who does a d-d-u-d-d after the first chorus with my hand covering the strings????? does that in the actual song x

useless lesbian

for when she sing the last line of the verse, is go “I’m not your party favor”
F G C instead of whats written and i think it sounds better.

mighty gay lord

for the pre-chorus, i like to pluck the12th and 10th frets on the a string to replicate what it’s doing in the song.

also, @Say what? everyone who can’t do the e chord: literally just bar the 4th fret and put your pinkie/ring finger on the a string of the 7th fret.

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