Nov262019

beabadoobee – Space Cadet Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

ChordsE B A C#m

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This is the chords of Space Cadet by beabadoobee on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Verse 1]
E B A
Feeling shit again
E B A
Haven’t left my bed
E B A
Never brush my hair
C#m B A
And if you look me in the eyes you’ll see that I don’t care

[Verse 2]
E B A
You don’t seem to understand
E B A
This candy floss made spacecraft
E B A
Took the dirt out from my brain
C#m B A
Threw them out to outer space

[Chorus]
E B A
Through the Milky Way
E B A
Past the morning sun
E B A
Pluto is light years away
E B A
And all our worries, they’re all gone

[Verse 3]
E B A
Let loose, we live only for a little while
E B A
In hindsight, we’ll die anyways
C#m B A
Extraterrestrial beings probably sittin’ tight
C#m E B
Waiting to blow our brains away

[Chorus]
E B A
Through the Milky Way
E B A
Past the morning sun
E B A
Pluto is light years away
E B A
And all our worries, they’re all gone

[Verse 4]
E B A
So quit being so negative
E B A
It’s fine, don’t be a temporary fix
E B A
You say I don’t write happy songs
E B A
So I guess this is the first one

[Chorus]
E B A
Through the Milky Way
E B A
Past the morning sun
E B A
Pluto is light years away
E B A
And all our worries, they’re all gone

How to play Space Cadet: key, chords and progression

Space Cadet by beabadoobee sits in E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯), and you need 4 chords to play it: E, B, A and C#m.

Listen for B – A – E – B (V – IV – I – V in E major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is soh – fah – doh – soh. 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.