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Ben Folds – Password Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsAm7add4 Bm7add4 B7 Cmaj7 Em7D6add9F#m9 F6Am7/DB7/D#Em7/DF#m7/C#

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[INTRO]
Am7add4  Bm7add4
Am7add4  Bm7add4

[VERSE 1]
       Am7add4
I know you
    Bm7add4
You think   I don't but I do
          Am7add4
I've been listening and
I don't forget
         Bm7add4
So I can do      this,
I can pass the test
                         Am7add4
You went to school in Chicago
     Bm7add4
Your mom's maiden name is Dupree
              Am7add4
Your favorite actor is DeNiro
                Bm7add4    B7
Your birthday's 03 / 08 / 83

[CHORUS 1]
   Cmaj7    Bm7add4
Oooooooooo
Em7     D6add9
C-H-I-C-A-G-O
   Cmaj7    Bm7add4
Oooooooooo
Em7   D6add9
D-U-P-R-E-E
   Cmaj7    Bm7add4
Oooooooooo
Em7   D6add9
D-E-N-I-R-O
   Cmaj7    Bm7add4
Oooooooooo

[VERSE 2]
       Am7add4
I know you
    Bm7add4
You think it's weird but it's not
           Am7add4
You're all looking at
it all upside down
             Bm7add4
It actually means I really love you
                Am7add4
You used have a dog called Montey
    Bm7add4
You only drink chardonnay
                   Am7add4
Your sister's pet name is CeeCee
    Bm7add4          B7
You have a thing for David Blaine

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[CHORUS 2]
   Cmaj7    Bm7add4
Oooooooooo
Em7   D6add9
M-O-N-T-E-Y
   Cmaj7    Bm7add4
Oooooooooo
    Em7       D6add9
C-H-A-R-D-O-N-N-A-Y
   Cmaj7    Bm7add4
Oooooooooo
Em7   D6add9
C-E-E-C-E-E
   Cmaj7    Bm7add4
Oooooooooo

[BRIDGE 1]
           Am7add4
And I know you
F#m9
F6       Cmaj7
Bm7add4
Am7/D

[VERSE 3]
       Am7add4
I know you
    Bm7add4
You think I'm blind but I'm not
          Am7add4
I've been watching and what
I've noticed is
   Bm7add4
Distraction and boredom and vacancy
            Am7add4
I know your favorite dish
(P-R-I-M-A V-E-R-A)
            Bm7add4
I know your favorite band
(Polyphonic S-P-R-E-E)
                    Am7add4
You spent a year in Barcelona
(B-A-R-C-E-L-O-N-A)
                       Bm7add4
That asshole's name is Anthony

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[BRIDGE 2]
   Em7    B7/D#
Oooooooooo
               Em7/D
Turns out you never went
           F#m7/C#
to T-U-L-S-A
   Cmaj7  Bm7add4
Oooooooooo
   Em7                   D6add9
To see your old roommate J-A-N-E
   Cmaj7  Bm7add4
Oooooooooo
           Em7
I think my middle name
         D6add9
is S-U-C-K-E-R
Cmaj7               D6add9
     And I was born yesterday

[OUTRO]
        Am7add4
I don't know you
  Bm7add4
I thought I did but I don't
         Am7add4
I wasn't listening,
not to the right things
          Bm7add4
One day I won't even
remember your face

How to play Password: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Password by Ben Folds on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Password by Ben Folds is centred on E minor (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 13 chords: Am7add4, Bm7add4, B7, Cmaj7, C, E, F#m9, F6, Am7/D, Em7, B7/D# and Em7/D and 1 more.

The backbone of the song is Bm7add4 – Am7add4 – Bm7add4 – B7 (v7 – iv7 – v7 – V7 in E minor). Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Good to know: Bm7add4, F#m9, F6 and F#m7/C# are the tricky part on guitar (barre or movable shapes). Slow the change down until it is clean; on piano and ukulele they are simpler.