Big Red Machine feat. Fleet Foxes and Anaïs Mitchell – Phoenix Chords

Big Red Machine feat. Fleet Foxes and Anaïs Mitchell – Phoenix Chords

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ChordsFCBbGmDm

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[Intro]
F C Bb F
F C Bb

[Verse 1]
F           C
 Out in the loading bay light
Bb            F
 Watching the fog recede
F            C                Bb
 Divided the flame you slowly gave
 to me
Gm         Dm
 Sign of relief in my mind
F           C
 But I only caught you the one time
Gm          Dm
 Later I'd watch you and
             F           C
 wonder what it was like

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[Pre-Chorus]
F           C                Bb
 How do you bear the full weight?
              F
 How does the long way feel?
F              C
 Kneading your hand too
          Bb
 tight against the wheel?
Gm           Dm
 How do you stay in that tower?
F            C
 How do you reckon your own power?
Gm            Dm
 How does the wheel not
      F       C
 turn hour on hour on hour?

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[Chorus]
C      F
 I was trying to find my way
Bb     F
 I was thinking my mind was made
C             F
 But you were making my
              Bb
 heart change shape
     Bb
It's all that I could take
C      F
 I was trying to find my way
Bb     F
 I was thinking my mind was made
C             F
 But you were making my
              Bb
 heart change shape
     Bb
It's all that I could take

[Interlude]
Gm Dm F C (4x)

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[Pre-Chorus]
F           C                Bb
 How do you bear the full weight?
              F
 How does the long way feel?
F              C
 Kneading your hand too
          Bb
 tight against the wheel?
Gm           Dm
 How do you stay in that tower?
F            C
 How do you reckon your own power?
Gm            Dm
 How does the wheel not
      F       C
 turn hour on hour on hour?

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[Chorus]
C      F
 I was trying to find my way
Bb     F
 I was thinking my mind was made
C             F
 But you were making my
              Bb
 heart change shape
     Bb
It's all that I could take
C      F
 I was trying to find my way
Bb     F
 I was thinking my mind was made
C             F
 But you were making my
              Bb
 heart change shape
     Bb
It's all that I could take, now
C      F
 I was trying to find my way
Bb     F
 I was thinking my mind was made
C             F
 But you were making
                 Bb
 my heart change shape
     Bb
It's all that I could take, now
C      F
 I was trying to find my way
Bb     F
 I was thinking my mind was made
C             F
 But you were making my
              Bb
 heart change shape
     Bb
It's all that I could take, now

[Outro]
C           F
 How do you stay in that tower?
Bb            F
 How does the long way feel?
C             F              Bb
 How does the wheel not turn hour
 on hour on hour?
C F Bb F
C F Bb C

How to play Phoenix: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Phoenix by Big Red Machine feat. Fleet Foxes and Anaïs Mitchell on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Phoenix by Big Red Machine feat. Fleet Foxes and Anaïs Mitchell is written in F major (one flat: B♭) and moves through 5 chords: F, C, Bb, Gm and Dm.

The progression the song keeps returning to is F – C – F – Bb (I – V – I – IV in F major). In solfa, that is doh – soh – doh – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes D, A, G, Em, Bm (80% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 40% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C
C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
Bb chord on guitar (x13331)
B♭B♭ D F
Gm chord on guitar (355333)
GmG B♭ D
Dm chord on guitar (xx0231)
DmD F A

Phoenix chords: questions

What key is Phoenix in?

Phoenix by Big Red Machine feat. Fleet Foxes and Anaïs Mitchell is in the key of F major (one flat: B♭).

What chords are in Phoenix?

Phoenix uses 5 chords: F, C, Bb, Gm, Dm.

What is the chord progression of Phoenix?

The main progression is F – C – F – Bb (I – V – I – IV).

Is Phoenix easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes D, A, G, Em, Bm (80% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 40% without a capo).

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