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Better Than Ezra – I Do Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
C    G    F    G
(no lyrics)
C    G    F    G
(no lyrics)
C      G    F      G
Ooh, yeah.  Ooh, yeah---
C      G    F      G
Ooh, yeah.  Ooh, yeah---

[Verse 1]
C          G             F
  I got a little bit of reason
    G               C
For everything I've done
             G        
I might just serenade 
     F          G
the moonlight
C                G     
   And I get so lonely 
            F
   in this crowd
           G                   C
I want to scream, but make no sound
              G    
And yeah I'm lost, 
      F     G      C
but maybe I'll be fine
                 G           F   
'Cause when I'm in over my head, 
            G
I hear the words you said that...

[Chorus]
 C       G
Someone out there's
 F                G
Listening to the same song
C             G           F     G
Feeling the same way that I do
 C         G        
Make me a believer, 
 F             G
pick up the receiver
 C           G   
Tell me you feel 
      F         G
just like I do, I do

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[Verse 2]
C                  G   
   And I couldn't bear 
               F
   to see you walk out
    G               C
And leave it all behind
            G      
I couldn't bear to 
         F        G
see the sunlight
C                   G   
   And I love the sound 
            F
   of rain on tin
                  G            C
Your screen door beckoning me in
              G   
And yeah I'm mad, 
    F     G        C
but overcome with joy
          G           F   
Could it be so damn naive 
              G
to hope you could agree that...

[Chorus]
 C       G
Someone out there's
 F                G
Listening to the same song
C             G           F     G
Feeling the same way that I do
 C         G        
Make me a believer, 
 F             G
pick up the receiver
 C           G   
Tell me you feel 
      F         G
just like I do, I do

[Break]
Dm    F    C    G
(instrumental, no lyrics)
Dm       F                  C
   In a world that's cellophane
            G                 Dm
You get so lost.  I know you do
      F                  G     F
In a world that's cellophane

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[Chorus]
 C       G
Someone out there's
 F                G
Listening to the same song
C             G           F     G
Feeling the same way that I do
 C         G        
Make me a believer, 
 F             G
pick up the receiver
 C           G   
Tell me you feel 
      F         G
just like I do, I do
 C       G
Someone out there's
 F                G
Listening to the same song
C             G           F     G
Feeling the same way that I do
 C         G        
Make me a believer, 
 F             G
pick up the receiver
 C           G   
Tell me you feel 
      F         G
just like I do, I do

[Outro]
C      G    F      G
Ooh, yeah.  Ooh, yeah---
C      G    F      G
Ooh, yeah.  Ooh, yeah---
C      G    F    Em    Dm
Ooh, yeah.  Ooh, yeah---
C      G    F    Em    Dm    C
(no lyrics)

How to play I Do: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for I Do by Better Than Ezra on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

I Do by Better Than Ezra is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 5 chords: C, G, F, Dm and Em.

Listen for C – G – F – G (I – V – IV – V in C major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – soh – fah – soh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord here is an open shape on guitar: no capo, no barre chords needed.