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AJR – 2085 Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Refrain]
A           Bm
You are not alone
      F#m
Young child
      D
Young child
A           Bm
You are not alone
      F#m
Young child
      D
Young child

[Verse 1]
A           Bm
If somebody told me
           F#m
I'd die at forty
                D
I wouldn't have spent
            A
my time in bed
           Bm
Writing my dumb songs
               F#m
And my growing-up songs
            D
I should've just grown
up instead

[Refrain]
A           Bm
You are not alone
      F#m
Young child
      D
Young child

[Verse 2]
A               Bm
Now, all of the interns
              F#m
Are no longer interns
              D
How long have I been
        A
out of town
                   Bm
'Cause sometimes I wonder
         F#m
If I had kissed her
              Bm
How different life
                D
would be right now

[Pre-chorus]
  Bm           F#m
I smile when I cry
   A           D
To hide what I felt
    Bm    F#m
I'm doing fine
A             D
Speak for yourself
Bm                 D
I should have just asked
for help
A D

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[Chorus]
A  Bm         F#m
He-y, it's 2085, and
              D
we're old as shit, whatever
A  Bm
He-y, I'd hate to have
     F#m                D
 to die 'fore I get my head
together, whatever

[Refrain]
A           Bm
You are not alone
      F#m
Young child
      D
Young child

[Verse 3]
A              Bm
So finish your work now
             F#m
It's getting warm out
           D
If you got friends,
                 A
 don't let them leave
                Bm
I turned twenty-something
               F#m
It didn't mean nothing
                  D
'Cause not one of them
               A
were there to see

[Refrain]
A           Bm
You are not alone
      F#m
Young child
      D
Young child

[Verse 4]
A                Bm
And go tell your grandson
                F#m
 to go tell his grandson
                  D
You don't have to try
              A
 so hard, you know
                  Bm
'Cause I spent my whole life
         F#m
Tryna be so liked
          Bm               D
That only made 'em hate me more

[Pre-Chorus]
    Bm         F#m
Did I make you proud?
    A            D
Did I screw this up?
     Bm      F#m
Sing with me loud
     A             D
It's all that I've got
Bm                 D
To know if I did or not
A D

[Chorus]
A  Bm         F#m
He-y, it's 2085, and
              D
 we're old as shit, whatever
A  Bm
He-y, I'd hate to have
    F#m
 to die 'fore I get
    D
my head together
D                    A
Together, together, whatever

[Refrain]
A           Bm
You are not alone
      F#m
Young child
      D
Young child
D
(Whatever)
A           Bm
You are not alone
      F#m
Young child
      E
Young child
E
Whatever
E

[Bridge]
E            C#m
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh,
  G#m         A
ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
A                Am
You gotta get better,
                      E
you're all that I've got
           C#m
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh,
  G#m          A
 ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
A                Am
Don't take forever,
                        E
you're not here for long
           C#m   G#m      A
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ah-ah-ah-ah
A                Am
You gotta get better,
                      E
 you're all that I've got

[Interlude]
E C#m G#m A Am

[Verse 5]
E
I wish I was me
             G#
Whoever that is
G#
I could just be
               C#m
And not give a shit
Hey, I'll be whatever
             A
makes you a fan
'Cause I don't know
 Am             E
 who the hell I am

[Verse 6]
E
I think it's too late
               G#
To figure this out
G#
If I could be me
                       C#m
I would have been it by now
C#m
Maybe I'm a stone
             A
Or big as my house
It looks like our
 Am              E
time is running out

[Verse 7]
E
So, if this is me
                G#
Then I'll do my best
G#
I'll take all the shit
             C#m
So you never have to
C#m
You can be you
                A
And I'll be the rest
                   Am
Yeah, maybe that's who
            E
 the hell I am

[Bridge]
E         C#m  G#m        A
Whoa-oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh
A             Am
You gotta get better,
                       E
you're all that I've got
E         C#m
Whoa-oh-oh-oh,
 G#m        A
whoa-oh-oh-oh
A                Am
Don't take forever,
                        E
you're not here for long
E       C#m  G#m       A
Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da
A             Am
You gotta get better,
                      E
 you're all that I've got
E       C#m  G#m       A
Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah
A                Am
Don't take forever,
                        E
you're not here for long

[Outro]
E           C#m
Hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm,
  G#m          A
 hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm
A
I gotta get better,
    Am             E
 I'm all that I've got
E           C#m
Hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm,
 G#m          A
hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm
A
For two or three
  Am                 E
minutes, then I'm gone

How to play 2085: key, chords and progression

These are 2085 chords by AJR on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

2085 by AJR is written in A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯) and moves through 9 chords: A, Bm, F#m, D, E, C#m, G#m, Am and G#.

Listen for D – A – Bm – F#m (IV – I – ii – vi in A major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is fah – doh – reh – lah. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Good to know: Bm, F#m, C#m, G#m and G# are the tricky part on guitar (barre or movable shapes). Slow the change down until it is clean; on piano and ukulele they are simpler.