Feb22019

Bastille – 4am Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

ChordsE B A C#m

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This is the chord progression of 4am by Bastille on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
E B A E (3x)

[Verse]
E B
Four in the morning
A E
we find ourselves here
E B
Best of us passed out,
A E
I don’t know who’s where
E
I got all the old friends
B A E
and new friends I’ve met once before
E B
In a blanket of smoke as
A E
we sink through the floor

[Pre-Chorus]
A B
Here, here, my family
C#m
You are my familiar,
E
you are my familiar (Oh, oh)
A B
Here, here, my friends and me
C#m E
You are my familiar, oh-oh

[Chorus]
C#m
Oh, there is nowhere
E
I would rather be
C#m
Never felt more comfortable,
A E
could never want for more on me
C#m E
Oh, there is nowhere I would rather be
C#m
Never felt more comfortable,
A E
could never want for more on me
C#m A E
Oooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaahhh (2x)

[Verse]
E B A E
Time slips by, noon hits, I’m losing my mind
E B A E
To fate, doom days, has got out of hand

[Pre-Chorus]
A B
Here, here, my family
C#m E
You are my familiar, you are my familiar
A B
Here, here, my friends and me
C#m E
You are my familiar, oh-oh

[Chorus]
C#m E
Oh, there is nowhere I would rather be
C#m A E
Never felt more comfortable, could never want for more on me
C#m E
No, there is nowhere I would rather be
C#m A E
Never felt more comfortable, could never want for more on me
C#m A E
Oooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaahhh (2x)

[Bridge]
A B C#m
I don’t care if we’re talking about the same things
E
I don’t care if we’re stuck in the familiar
A B
I don’t care if we’re going round in circles
C#m E
Again, again, again

[Pre-Chorus]
A B
Here, here, my family
C#m E
You are my familiar, you are my familiar
A B
Here, here, my friends and me
C#m E
You are my familiar, oh-oh

[Chorus]
C#m E
Oh, there is nowhere I would rather be
C#m A E
Never felt more comfortable, could never want for more on me
C#m E
Oh, there is nowhere I would rather be
C#m E
Never felt more comfortable, could never want for more on me
C#m A E
Oooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaahhh (4x)

How to play 4am: key, chords and progression

4am by Bastille is centred on E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯). The song uses 4 chords: E, B, A and C#m.

Listen for E – A – B – C#m (I – IV – V – vi in E major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – fah – soh – lah. 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 D, A, G, Bm (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.