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Avey Tare – Eyes On Eyes Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

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This is the chord progression of Eyes On Eyes by Avey Tare on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
Bm7 Am6 x4
Bm7 Am6 x4
Aaaahhhh
Bm7 Am6 Bm7
Woke up to a world of eyes
Am6 Bm7
Had to remember and I wasn’t sure
Am6 Bm7 Am6
What I was looking into
Bm7 Am6 Bm7 Am6
Aaaahhhh
Bm7 Am6
Is it for us?
Bm7 Am6 x3

[Break]
Bm7

[Pre-verse]
Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Amaj7 x4

[Verse 1]
Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Amaj7 Dmaj7
Eyes on eyes, I thought you taught me
Cmaj7 Amaj7
Don’t get caught too tied to eyes
Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Amaj7 Dmaj7
Eyes that frequently do cross me
Cmaj7 Amaj7
Wake me up, I want your time

[Chorus]
D G A6 D
I can’t sleep I’ve gotta see them
G A6
I can see all kinds of eyes
D G A6 D
All the eyes I could’ve seen oh
G A6
Yours came beamin’, I can’t look back

[Pre-verse]
Dmaj7 Cmaj7
No I’m changed in you
Amaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Amaj7
I’ve… ah
Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Amaj7
Ahaaa
Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Amaj7
Ahaaa

[Verse 2]
Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Amaj7
Now I’ve seen eyes look like rubies
Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Amaj7
I’ve watched them do their crimson cry
Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Amaj7 Dmaj7
I’ve seen eyes so soft and soothing
Cmaj7 Amaj7
Take me for a pleasure ride

[Chorus]
D G A6 D
Why’d you have to do that to me?
G A6
Make me forget all those eyes
D G A6 D
Eyes that saw me like a movie
G A6
You improve me, can’t look back

[Break]
Eyes that came from the good old days
They left me now
Oh they saw me like a child
They’re floating now
While my days are blurry-eyed
I saw your face
Put me up to a better world

[Pre-verse]
Dmaj7 Cmaj7
I’d seen it in your eyes, I do
Amaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7
And I’m changed in you
Amaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Amaj7
I’ve… ah
Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Amaj7
Ahaaa

[Verse 3]
Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Amaj7
Eyes I should’ve never seen
Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Amaj7
Rise up from your daily dine
Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Amaj7
Give me comfort, let me leave
Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Amaj7
‘Cause some day your eyes might change mine

[Chorus]
D G A6
One more look, just one more peep
D G A6 D
Do you remember that sweet time when I
G A6
Saw ya see me in your eyes
D G A6
I saw ya see me in your eyes
D G A6
I saw ya see me in your eyes
D G A6
I saw ya see me in your eyes

[Break]
Eyes that came from the good old days
They left me now
Oh they saw me like a child
They’re floating now
While my days are blurry-eyed
I see your face
Put me up to a better world

[Pre-verse]
Dmaj7 Cmaj7
I’d seen it in your eyes, I do
Amaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7
And I’m changed in you
Amaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7
I’ve – ah – eyes
Amaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7
I’ve – ah – eyes
Amaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7
I’ve – ah – eyes
Amaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7
I’ve – ah – eyes

How to play Eyes On Eyes: key, chords and progression

Eyes On Eyes by Avey Tare keeps coming home to G major (one sharp: F♯). You need 8 chords: Bm7, Am6, Dmaj7, Cmaj7, Amaj7, D, G and A6.

Listen for Dmaj7 – Cmaj7 – Amaj7 – Dmaj7 (Vmaj7 – IVmaj7 – IImaj7 – Vmaj7 in G major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is soh – fah – reh – soh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Good to know: Bm7 and Am6 are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.