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cavetown feat. Kina – Sharpeners Calling Me Again Chords Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Verse 1]
C                          G
  Sharpener's calling me again
                Em     C
Trying to turn it into some
                         G    Em
Thing I can draw into my skin
C                           G
  Make it a picture that I love
                Em           C
Instead of something that I wish
I could get in the bath and
             G
scrub right off

[Chorus]
N.C.        C          Am
  Why am I ashamed to look
      F    C
  the way I do?
                G       Am
All 'cause an escape to me was
       F            C
just a sharpener to you

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[Verse 2]
C                       G
  Big old pill to inch around
               Em           C
There's no copping out this time
                      G    Em
Try my best to get it down
C
  Sometimes seems like
            G
  I'm still young
                   Em          C
Looking at the boy across the sink
Thinking
                              G
"What the hell have you just done?"

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[Chorus]
N.C.        C          Am
  Why am I ashamed to look
      F    C
  the way I do?
                G       Am
All 'cause an escape to me was
       F            C
just a sharpener to you
          C        Am
Why am I afraid of things
  F            C
I let inside my room?

[Outro]
                 N.C.
Just wanted some company,
broke the sharpener in two

How to play Sharpeners Calling Me Again: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Sharpeners Calling Me Again by cavetown feat. Kina on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Sharpeners Calling Me Again by cavetown feat. Kina is centred on C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 5 chords: C, G, Em, Am and F.

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

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.