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Big Thief – Spud Infinity Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
G Am C
G Am C G

[Chorus]
                Em G
What’s it gonna take?
                Em G
What’s it gonna take?
                Em G
What’s it gonna take
C  G    C   G C  D    C G
To free the celestial body?

[Verse 1]
G
 From way up there it
 looks so small
Am
 From way down here it
 looks so small
C
 One peculiar organism aren’t
                  G
 we all together?
G
 Everybody steps on ants
Am
 Everybody eats the plants
C
 Everybody knows to dance even
                       G
 with just one finger

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[Chorus]
                Em G
What’s it gonna take?
                Em G
What’s it gonna take?
                Em G
What’s it gonna take
C  G    C   G C  D    C G
To free the celestial body?

[Verse 2]
G
 When I took another look
Am
 The past was not a history book
C
 That was just some
                   G
 linear perception
G
 Ash to ask and dust to dusk
  Am
A dime a dozen aren’t we just?
     C
But a dozen dimes will buy
           G
a crust of garlic bread

[Chorus]
                Em G
What’s it gonna take?
                Em G
What’s it gonna take?
                Em G
What’s it gonna take
C  G    C   G C  D    C G
To free the celestial body?

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[Solo]
G Am C G (2x)

[Verse 3]
G
 When I say celestial
Am
I mean extra-terrestrial
C
I mean accepting the alien you’ve
                 G
rejected in your own heart
       G
When I say heart, I mean finish
    Am
The last one there
is a potato kinish
C
Baking too long in the
              G
sun of Spud Infinity
       G
When I say infinity I mean now
Am
Kiss the one you are right now
C
Kiss your body up and down,
                G
other than your elbows
       G
'Cause as for your elbows
they’re on their own
Am
 Wandering like a rolling stone
C
 Rubbing up against
                 G
 the edges of experience

[Chorus]
                Em G
What’s it gonna take?
                Em G
What’s it gonna take?
                Em G
What’s it gonna take
C  G    C   G C  D    C G
To free the celestial body?

[Outro]
Em G (12x)

How to play Spud Infinity: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Spud Infinity by Big Thief on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Spud Infinity by Big Thief is centred on G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 5 chords: G, Am, C, Em and D.

The progression the song keeps returning to is G – Am – C – G (I – ii – IV – I in G major). In solfa, that is doh – reh – fah – doh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.