Bo Burnham – Trying To Be Funny And Stuck In A Room Chords Piano & Ukulele

Bo Burnham – Trying To Be Funny And Stuck In A Room Chords Piano & Ukulele

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ChordsDBmAGF#7EmGm6

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[Intro]
D           Bm         A          G
Tryin to be funny and stuck in a room
D           Bm         A      G
There isn't much more to say about it
D           Bm        A          G
Can one be funny when stuck in a room
D     Bm           A             G
Being in tryin' to get something out
of it
D          F#7   G A           D
Try making faces, try telling jokes
       F#7      G      A
making little sounds (Aeugh)

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[Verse 1]
D       Bm           A           G
I was a kid who was stuck in his room
D           Bm           A    G
There isn't much more to say about it
D             Bm              A
When you're a kid and you're stuck
        G
in your room
D         Bm      A           G
You'll do any old shit to get out
of it
D          F#7   G A            D
Try making faces, try telling jokes
       F#7      G     A
making little sounds

Feel free to use our free Chord Shape Generator to see every chord in this song on guitar, ukulele and piano.

[Chorus]
D         Em
Well well look whos inside again
A                       D
Went out to look for a reason
   Em
to hide again
D         Em              A
Well well buddy you found it
          D            Bm
Now come out with your hands up
      F#7        Gm6
We've got you surrounded...

How to play Trying To Be Funny And Stuck In A Room: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Trying To Be Funny And Stuck In A Room by Bo Burnham on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Trying To Be Funny And Stuck In A Room by Bo Burnham is in the key of D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). The song uses 7 chords: D, Bm, A, G, F#7, Em and Gm6.

The progression the song keeps returning to is D – Bm – A – G (I – vi – V – IV in D major). In solfa, that is doh – lah – soh – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 7th fret and play the shapes G, Em, D, C, B7, Am, Cm6 (86% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 57% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
Bm chord on guitar (x24432)
BmB D F♯
A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
F#7 chord on guitar (242322)
F♯7F♯ A♯ C♯ E
Em chord on guitar (022000)
EmE G B
Gm6 chord on guitar (x-10-12-12-11-12)
Gm6G B♭ D E

Trying To Be Funny And Stuck In A Room chords: questions

What key is Trying To Be Funny And Stuck In A Room in?

Trying To Be Funny And Stuck In A Room by Bo Burnham is in the key of D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯).

What chords are in Trying To Be Funny And Stuck In A Room?

Trying To Be Funny And Stuck In A Room uses 7 chords: D, Bm, A, G, F#7, Em, Gm6.

What is the chord progression of Trying To Be Funny And Stuck In A Room?

The main progression is D – Bm – A – G (I – vi – V – IV).

Is Trying To Be Funny And Stuck In A Room easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 7th fret and play the shapes G, Em, D, C, B7, Am, Cm6 (86% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 57% without a capo).

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