Benson Boone – What Was Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Benson Boone – What Was Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Verse 1]
A
Young, standing on
             F#m
the edge of 21
Staring at the man that
        C#m
 I've become sometimes
                   E
When I lose my control
     A
He's dumb, if you blink
                      F#m
 he'll blow up like a gun
Jumping to conclusions
          C#m
just for fun

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That guy, needs
             E
somebody to hold
                      E
He needs somebody he knows
 A  C#m

[Pre-Chorus]
                       E  A C#m
Where the hell did she go?
C#m
It kinda makes me feel like
[Chorus]
A
I wish I could change my name
F#m
I wish I could start again
C#m
Fly me to a lonely place
             D
Where you'll never see my face
       E
So you never feel the pain of
A    F#m
What was
            C#m
When you're standing
 in the rain
E
Calling out my namе
D
Nothing's gonna change
     A
What was

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[Verse 2]
A
Cold, driving through
                 F#m
my neighborhood alone
Going past thе house but
`          C#m
I'm not home this time
                   D
Haven't been in a while
I haven't been, 'cause
     E
 I'm far away
                 A
In another state miles
           F#m
 away from us
        C#m
As you try to fan a
 dying flame
      D              F#m
While ashes turn to dust

[Chorus]
A
I wish I could change my name
F#m
I wish I could start again
C#m
Fly me to a lonely place
             D
Where you'll never see my face
       E
So you never feel the pain of
A    F#m
What was
            C#m
When you're standing in the rain
E
Calling out my namе
D
Nothing's gonna change
     A
What was

Feel free to use our free Chord Shape Generator to see every chord in this song on guitar, ukulele and piano.

[Bridge]
A   E         A  E
Let me, start over
A
The moment that I left
        F#m
you in tears
       C#m
It's a memory that will
               E
 haunt me for years
    A          B
And years, and years, and
 D          E
years, and years
    A        E
Oh, it still does
    A        E
Oh, it still does
     A
What was

[Outro]
                      A  E  C#m
You need somebody to hold
                      E
Where the hell did I go?

How to play What Was: key, chords and progression

These are What Was chords by Benson Boone on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

What Was by Benson Boone keeps coming home to A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯). You need 6 chords: A, F#m, C#m, E, D and B.

Listen for A – F#m – C#m – E (I – vi – iii – V in A major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – lah – mi – 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 G, Em, Bm, D, C, A (83% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E
F#m chord on guitar (244222)
F♯mF♯ A C♯
C#m chord on guitar (x46654)
C♯mC♯ E G♯
E chord on guitar (022100)
EE G♯ B
D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
B chord on guitar (x24442)
BB D♯ F♯

What Was chords: questions

What key is What Was in?

What Was by Benson Boone is centred on A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯).

What chords are in What Was?

What Was uses 6 chords: A, F#m, C#m, E, D, B.

What is the chord progression of What Was?

The main progression is A – F#m – C#m – E (I – vi – iii – V).

Is What Was easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes G, Em, Bm, D, C, A (83% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo).

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