Dec152023

aiko – Pedestal Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Verse 1]
F#m                 C#5
   Your sorry means nothing
                D5
When everything else
          A
Stays the same
G#m7      F#m
Stays the same
         C#5
You stay silent
          D5
And I get violent
               A
And everything else
G#m7      F#m
Stays the same
               C#7
Im tired of explaining
 you shit
       D5         A
You're so full of it
G#m7    F#m
Full of it
              C#7
I’ll give all the
love to me
              D5
And then I'll truly
be free
     A        G#m7
I'll truly be free

[Pre-Chorus]
    F#m   C#7  D5
And I, I, I, I need
     A     G#m7
to learn to
F#m   C#7  D5
I, I, I, I need to
 A     G#m7
learn to

[Chorus]
Put myself on a pedestal
D5                  A
I will be loving me more.
 loving me
F#m       C#5
Put myself  on a pedestal
D5                  A
I will be loving mе more
          F#m
I finally learned not
 to forcе things
    C#7
And I love me more,
         D5
love me more, love me more
        A
Love me more than
your bullshit!
F#m       C#5
Put myself  on a pedestal
D5                  A
I will be loving me more.
          F#m
Loving mе more..

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[Verse 2]
F#m             C#5
   Love of your life
                  D5
Just please don’t ask
        A
For any action
        F#m
Or ony proof
             C#5
Oh the irony where
 did my pride go
D5
I feel no shame,
           A
but you should and
 now I know

[Pre-Chorus]
F#m   C#7  D5
I, I, I, I need to
 A     G#m7
 learn to
F#m   C#7  D5
I, I, I, I need
    A     G#m7
 to learn to

[Chorus]
Put myself on a pedestal
D5                  A
I will be loving me more.
 loving me
F#m       C#5
Put myself  on a pedestal
D5                  A
I will be loving mе more
          F#m
I finally learned not
to forcе things
    C#7
And I love me more,
         D5
love me more, love me more
        A
Love me more than
your bullshit!
F#m       C#5
Put myself  on a pedestal
D5                  A
I will be loving me more.
          F#m  C#5
Loving mе more..
          D5   A
Loving me more..
G#m7      F#m  C#5
Loving mе more..
           D5
Loving me, loving me,
loving me,
A
Loving me, yeah!

[Outro]
F#m C#5 D5   A
        Yeah!

Watch: Pedestal (Eurovision Version)

From Aiko - Topic on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play Pedestal: key, chords and progression

These are Pedestal chords by aiko on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

To play Pedestal by aiko, think in A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯). It takes 6 chords: F#m, C#5, D5, A, G#m7 and C#7.

The backbone of the song is F#m – C#5 – D5 – A (vi – III – IV – I in A major). In solfa, that is lah – mi – fah – doh. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes Em, B5, C5, G, F#m7, B7 (67% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 33% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

F#m chord on guitar (244222) — F♯mF♯ A C♯

G#m7 chord on guitar (464444) — G♯m7G♯ B D♯ F♯

C#7 chord on guitar (x46464) — C♯7C♯ E♯ G♯ B

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Pedestal chords: questions

What key is Pedestal in?

Pedestal by aiko is in the key of A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯).

What chords are in Pedestal?

Pedestal uses 6 chords: F#m, C#5, D5, A, G#m7, C#7.

What is the chord progression of Pedestal?

The main progression is F#m – C#5 – D5 – A (vi – III – IV – I).

Is Pedestal easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes Em, B5, C5, G, F#m7, B7 (67% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 33% without a capo).

Watch: Pedestal (Eurovision Version)

How to play Pedestal: key, chords and progression

Chord diagrams

Pedestal chords: questions

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