Nov162023

AJR – Turning Out Pt. iii Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
C F

[Verse 1]
Got it out of my
               C  F
 system, didn't I?
Did my two years on
               G Dm
Tinder, didn't I?
Well, I wanted to
    C
 be wanted
F            G
Suddenly I'm wanting
 G     C F
 more
So we got a bit tangled,
            C F
 didn't we?
It's the best thing
                      G Dm
that's happened to me
                   C
Got exactly what I wanted
F
What if I don't want this
G
Am I missing something?

[Pre-Chorus]
       F               C
'Cause half the time I can't
love right
      F          Em
And I can't have sex and
    C        G
we both get quiet
     C
Boy, I must be one
  G         Am
fcked up guy

[Chorus]
C
  Oh, my God, what
   Em7
 a crazy night
Dm7
It'll be fine, quick,
  Am
 let's get married
C
  Man, I wish we were
  Em7
eighty-five
    Dm7
Thе rest of our life
          Am
wouldn't sound so scary
Am        Em
  Oh, I'm spiraling now,
 C          Am         Em
 let's gеt kids and a house
           C
Though I'm riddled
      Am
with doubts
        G
Is this how we turn out?

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

[Verse 2]
C F
    Hey, I love how you
laugh when we're alone
C F
    How my dog's always
happy when you're home
G Dm
     But my parents
 used to laugh too
C                      G
And I think they had a dog

(I don't know, I don't know)
C F
    But you’re late and
 you're messy, aren't you?
C F
  And I need too much
 attention from you
G Dm
    Though we shrug
           C
 it off as nothing
F
Life is pretty long, it
G
Could turn into something

[Pre-Chorus]
       F               C
'Cause half the time I can't
 love right
    F        Em
And I'm half yours, and
 C          G
 you're all mine
     C
Boy, I must be one
 G         Am
fcked up guy

[Chorus]
C                    Em7
  Oh, my God, what a crazy
night
Dm7                   Am
It'll be fine, quick, let's
 get married
C
  Man, I wish we were
 Em7
eighty-five
    Dm7
Thе rest of our life
          Am
 wouldn't sound so scary
Am        Em
  Oh, I'm spiraling now,
  C          Am         Em
 let's gеt kids and a house
           C            Am
Though I'm riddled with doubts
        G
Is this how we turn out?

[Post-Chorus]
F G Em Am
(Is this how
 we turn out?)
F G Em Am

[Bridge]
           F
Everyone's got it,
             G
everyone's got it,
               Em
everyone's got it all
             Am
figured out
           F
Everyone's got it,
            G
 what do I not get?
             Em
Everyone's got it all
           Am
figured out

[Outro]
                    F
(Everyone's got it) Don't
overthink it
    C
One day at a time, kid
G
Add up the days
            Am
You got someone to do
 life with
F
Don't overthink it
     C
It's not fucking science
G
Add up the days
            Am
You got someone to
 do life with
                    F
(Everyone's got it) Don't
 overthink it
    C
One day at a time,
kid
G
Add up the days
            Am
You got someone
 to do life with
F
Love isn't big, kid
     C
It's little and quiet
G
Let's do today
G
I think you'll turn
 out to like it

How to play Turning Out Pt. iii: key, chords and progression

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

Turning Out Pt. iii by AJR sits in C major (no sharps or flats), and you need 8 chords to play it: C, F, G, Dm, Em, Am, Em7 and Dm7.

The backbone of the song is F – C – F – G (IV – I – IV – V in C major). In solfa, that is fah – doh – fah – soh. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar almost every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.