Alex Lahey – I Need To Move On Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression

Alex Lahey – I Need To Move On Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression

ChordsDBmF#mGA

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This is the chord progression of I Need To Move by Alex Lahey On on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

VERSE:
D                           Bm
A couple of months have gone by
F#m                                         D
I feel the same don’t know why
D         Bm          F#m                     F#m
I’ve forgotten the way that I once was
D                                         Bm
Our last decision a heartbreak
F#m                      D
Did we make a mistake?
D                     Bm          F#m                     F#m
I’m convinced that I’m worse off than you

PRE-CHORUS:
G                     F#m
I can’t think of anything worse
G                                         F#m
Than being with somebody else
G                     F#m
I hate the fact that you’re my last
G                                         A
I need to put us in the past

CHORUS:
D                     Bm
I want to stay out ’til the morning
D                                         G
I’m not going to leave here alone
D                                         Bm
Wake up at a house in the suburbs
D                                                             G
With someone new ’cause I need to move on
D Bm F#m G
D Bm F#m G

VERSE:
D                                         Bm
I see you on my phone screen
F#m                                         D
You’re doing well or so it seems
D Bm F#m F#m
You were always a master of disguise
D                                         Bm
I hope you don’t come to this bar
F#m                                         D
‘Cause that would be a disaster
D Bm                     F#m F#m
Even though I miss you all the time

PRE-CHORUS:
G F#m
Catching eyes and a quick smile
G F#m
Don’t want to go the extra mile
G F#m
My internal monologue
G A
Is telling me to give it a shot

CHORUS:
D Bm
I want to stay out ’til the morning
D G
I’m not going to leave here alone
D Bm
Wake up at a house in the suburbs
D G
With someone new ’cause I need to move on
D Bm F#m G

D Bm F#m G

PRE-CHORUS:
G F#m
I can’t think of anything worse
G F#m
Than being with somebody else
G F#m
I can’t think of anything worse
G A
Than never being with somebody else

CHORUS:
D Bm
I want to stay out ’til the morning
D G
I’m not going to leave here alone
D Bm
Wake up at a house in the suburbs
D G
With someone new ’cause I need to move on
D Bm
I want to stay out ’til the morning
D G
I’m not going to leave here alone
D Bm
Wake up at a house in the suburbs
D G
With someone new ’cause I need to move on

OUTRO:
D Bm
D G
D Bm
D G D

How to play I Need To Move: key, chords and progression

I Need To Move by Alex Lahey is centred on D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). The song uses 5 chords: D, Bm, F#m, G and A.

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

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes C, Am, Em, F, G (80% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 60% 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♯
F#m chord on guitar (244222)
F♯mF♯ A C♯
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E

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I Need To Move chords: questions

What key is I Need To Move in?

I Need To Move by Alex Lahey is centred on D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯).

What chords are in I Need To Move?

I Need To Move uses 5 chords: D, Bm, F#m, G, A.

What is the chord progression of I Need To Move?

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

Is I Need To Move easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes C, Am, Em, F, G (80% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 60% without a capo).

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