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Waterparks – High Definition Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression

ChordsA F#m D

KeyKeyCapo

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This is the chords of High Definition by Waterparks on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Chorus]
A F#m D A
I’d love to be in love with you enough to write a love song
A F#m D A
I need to feel needed and I need it more than I let on
A F#m D
I’ll be home just thinking about it
A
Maybe call like I used to
A F#m D A
But I’ll just stay alone because alone is safer than with you

[Verse 1]
A
I like you inconveniently
You’re squeezing out my dopamine
F#m
Yeah, you like me in spite of me
I feel these feelings quietly
A
You’re cool but inconvenient
Now my energy’s depleted
F#m
Take a seat, babe, if you need it
Like I do ’cause I’m defeated
A
Now I’m cancelled, I’m whatever
F#m
I’m the best thing that you’ll never have
A
Now I’m lonely
Yeah, if only I could text you
F#m
But I’m holding out

[Verse 2]
A
I know I’m not around enough to make me worth the wait
F#m
It’s like who wants to be close with someone who always goes away?
A
And even when they’re here it’s like
“Where’s your fcking head at?
F#m
Why’s it take so long to text back?
You’re so bad at loving people back.”
A
So here’s a plaque for your wall
For the Hall of Fame of fucking off
F#m
When things get weird
Because I can’t handle that again
A F#m
It’s like that, yeah, it’s like that

How to play High Definition: key, chords and progression

High Definition by Waterparks keeps coming home to D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). You need 3 chords: A, F#m and D.

Most of the song cycles through A – F#m – D – A (V – iii – I – V in D major). In solfa, that is soh – mi – doh – soh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes G, Em, C (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 67% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.