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Bastille – Revolution Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
G

[Verse 1]
          C
There's a quiet revolution
      Em
in my head
      C
As we take another
     Em         D
365 around this mess
      C                      Em
But a quiet revolution in my head
           C
Don't mean anything unless
         Emadd9    D
I let it out

[Pre-Chorus]
              C
Won't let the days form,
no night fall
     Emadd9
Till change comes around
             C
Watchin' the world spin
             Emadd9
away from us now, hey!

[Chorus]
N.C.            C             Em
I don't want to go around the sun
                D
With anyone but you, babe
                D
With anyone but you, babe
C                             Em
I don't want to go around the sun
                D
With anyone but you, babe
                D
With anyone but you, babe
            C
Lost in the universe
           Em
We got the modern curse
       D       D
But we try, we try
C                             Em
I don't want to go around the sun
                D
With anyone but you, babe
                D
With anyone but you, babe

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[Verse 2]
            C
So bring on quiet
                   Em
revolutions in our heads
        C
Keep on fantasizing futures
          Em     D
we should try to make
         C
As we're fallin' through
              Em
the universe again
          C
Still the jokers and the
                   Emadd9    D
thieves never fall down

[Pre-Chorus]
              C
Won't let the days form,
no night fall
     Emadd9
Till change comes around
             C
Watchin' the world spin
             Emadd9
away from us now, hey!

[Chorus]
N.C.            C             Em
I don't want to go around the sun
                D
With anyone but you, babe
                D
With anyone but you, babe
C                             Em
I don't want to go around the sun
                D
With anyone but you, babe
                D
With anyone but you, babe
            C
Lost in the universe
           Em
We got the modern curse
       D       D
But we try, we try
C                             Em
I don't want to go around the sun
                D
With anyone but you, babe
                D
With anyone but you, babe

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[Bridge]
C
 I just can't, I just can't
G                D
 I just can't imagine
          Em
Spinnin' around
               D
the world with anybody
C
 No quiet, no quiet
G            D
 Quiet revolutions
          Em
Spinnin' around the world
with anybody (Hey!)

[Chorus]
N.C.           C             Em
I don't want to− ('Round the sun)
                D
With anyone but you,
babe (With anyone)
                D
With anyone but you, babe
C                             Em
I don't want to go around the sun
                D
With anyone but you, babe
                D
With anyone but you, babe
            C
Lost in the universe
           Em
We got the modern curse
       D       D
But we try, we try
C                             Em
I don't want to go around the sun
                D
With anyone but you, babe
                D
With anyone but you

How to play Revolution: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Revolution by Bastille on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

To play Revolution by Bastille, think in G major (one sharp: F♯). It takes 5 chords: G, C, Em, D and Emadd9.

Most of the song cycles through C – Em – D – C (IV – vi – V – IV in G major). In solfa, that is fah – lah – soh – fah. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar almost every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.