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Angie McMahon – Pasta Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

Angie McMahon

Updated January 9, 2026

ChordsC F G

KeyKeyCapo

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This is the chord progression of Pasta by Angie McMahon on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
C F x2

[Verse 1]
C F
My bedroom is a disaster
C F
My dog has got kidney failure, failure
C
I’ve been sitting at the bar too much
G
Kissing people in my head
F
And saying rubbish things I should not have said
C F
And they’re building things outside my window
C F
Everywhere I look there’s signposts, signposts
G
I just sit in my house making noise for fun
F
And I’m not moving much or proving much to anyone, no

[Chorus]
C
I’ve been lost, I’ve been lost
F
I’ve been lost, I’ve been lost for a while
And I’m feeling tired
C
I’ve been lost, I’ve been lost
F
I’ve been lost, I’ve been lost for a while

[Verse 2]
C F
And I spend so much time eating pasta
Although I’m probably allergic
C F
And other people seem to move so much faster
G
I wonder why I’m feeling lonely
F
When there’s plenty of ways to be alone
I guess I spent all of yesterday on my phone

[Bridge]
(halftime!)
C F x4

[Verse 3]
C F
Now I am simultaneously on top of someone’s pedestal
C F C F
And also underneath someone else’s shoe
C F
Oh, isn’t it a shame about the view?
C F
Can anybody climb aboard this structure I have made
C F C F
To wrap myself around a promise that there is room?
C F
Oh, isn’t it a shame about the view?

[Chorus]
C
I’ve been lost, I’ve been lost
F
I’ve been lost, I’ve been lost for a while
And now, I’m feeling tired
C
I’ve been lost, I’ve been lost
F
I’ve been lost, I’ve been lost for a while
But now, I’m really trying
C
I’ve been lost, I’ve been lost
F
I’ve been lost, I’ve been lost for a while
But I’m really trying
C
I’ve been lost, I’ve been lost
F C
I’ve been lost, I’ve been lost for a while

How to play Pasta: key, chords and progression

Pasta by Angie McMahon keeps coming home to C major (no sharps or flats). You need 3 chords: C, F and G.

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

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes A, D, E (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 67% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.