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Ball Park Music – Cherub Chord Progression on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
G A C D Em
C G D C

[Verse 1]
G               Am     C
Staying at the same hotel
    D         Em
In different rooms
C            G           D   
Mine is the one with the fork 
        C
tongue sticking out
G               Am     C
And when we come face to face
       D         Em
From swimming in shame, 
     C           G          
Just playing my games I just
 D        C
 wanna be someone's pet
G
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[Chorus]
G     Am    D
Far away from here, 
There is a notice flapping
G     Am          D
In the breeze for me, 
Along with the notion that I
C           G           C      G
Changed too much, Maybe not enough
              C          G     D
I don't wanna weigh you down
No

[Post-Chorus]
G Am C D Em
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
C G D C
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh,
 ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

[Verse 2]
     G               
This happened in your
 Am       C        D    Em
 neighbourhood, At 7:00 am
       C            G      D  
He's stopped in the tracks for
         C
 some reason
     G        Am       C    
Now everybody knows my name,
           D          Em
 It's all dripping in blood
       C         G       
And leaving the strangest
  D            C
 taste in your mouth
     G
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[Chorus]
G     Am    D
Far away from here, 
There is a notice flapping
G     Am          D
In the breeze for me,
 Along with the notion that I
C           G           C      G
Changed too much, Maybe not enough
              C          G     D
I don't wanna weigh you down
No

[Post-Chorus]
G Am C D Em
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
C G D C
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh,
 ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

[Verse 3]
G         Am       C    
Happiness weighs a tonne,
            D           Em
 It's all speckled in luck and
C                G      D   
Heavy as fck, I never could
        C
 pick it up
G         Am           C    
I'd be staring at the stars, 
    D           Em
Dispelling our words and
C             G      D   
Waving their wands at me,
        C
 I am the chosen one
     G
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[Chorus]
G     Am    D
Far away from here, 
There is a notice flapping
G     Am          D
In the breeze for me, 
Along with the notion that I
C           G           C      G
Changed too much, Maybe not enough
              C          G     D
I don't wanna weigh you down

   C           G           C      G
I Changed too much, Maybe not enough
              C          G     D
I don't wanna weigh you down

[Post-Chorus]
G Am C D Em
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
C G D C
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh,
 ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

How to play Cherub: key, chords and progression

This is the chords of Cherub by Ball Park Music on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

To play Cherub by Ball Park Music, think in G major (one sharp: F♯). It takes 6 chords: G, A, C, D, Em and Am.

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

Beginner-friendly: every chord here is an open shape on guitar: no capo, no barre chords needed.