Billie Eilish – The Greatest Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Billie Eilish – The Greatest Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsAm7GEmDCmaj7BmFCA

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 [Verse 1]
              Am7
I'm trying my best
              G
To keep you satisfied
               Am7
Let you get your rest
                    G
While I stayed up all
night

[Pre-Chorus]
                    Am7
And you don't wanna know
             Em     G
How alone I've been
               Am7
Let you come and go
                 Em    D
Whatever state I'm in, ah

[Chorus]
Cmaj7
Man, am I the greatest
Em
My congratulations
D
All my love and patience
Cmaj7
All my admiration
Am7
All the times I waited
    Em
For you to want me naked
D
Made it all look painless
Cmaj7
Man, am I the greatest

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[Post-Chorus]
Am7
   Bm
    G
Oh-oh, hm

[Verse 2]
             Am7
Doing what's right
            G
Without a reward
And we don't have
  Am7
to fight
When it's not worth
 G
 fighting for, mm

[Pre-Chorus]

And you don't wanna
 Am7
 know (Know)
                Em
What I would've done
         G
(Done), hm
            Am7
Anything at all
              Em
Worse than anyone
D
Mm, ooh


[Chorus]
Cmaj7
Man, am I the greatest
 (Greatest)
Em
My congratulations
 (Congratulations)
D
All my love and patience
Cmaj7
All my admiration
(Admiration)
Am7
All the times I waited
 (I waited)
    Em
For you to want
me naked (Naked)
  D
I made it all look
painless
Cmaj7                F C
Man, am I the greatest

[Bridge]
           G  F
The greatest
           C     G
The greatest, ah-oh
   F
I, I
           C
I loved you
               G
And I still do

Just wanted passion
 from you
Just wanted what
        F
I gave you
           C
I've waited
         Em    A
And waited (Oh)

[Chorus]
Cmaj7
Man, am I the greatest
Em
  God, I hate it
D
All my love and patience
Cmaj7
Unappreciated
    Am7
You said your heart
 was jaded
    Em
You couldn't even
break it
  D
I shouldn't have
to say it
    Cmaj7
You could've been
the greatest

Watch: Billie Eilish - THE GREATEST (Official Lyric Video)

From BillieEilishVEVO on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play The Greatest: key, chords and progression

These are The Greatest chords by Billie Eilish on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

The Greatest by Billie Eilish is centred on G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 9 chords: Am7, G, Em, D, Cmaj7, Bm, F, C and A.

Listen for Am7 – Em – D – Cmaj7 (ii7 – vi – V – IVmaj7 in G major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is reh – lah – soh – fah. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Good to know: Bm and F 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.

Chord diagrams

Am7 chord on guitar (x02010)
Am7A C E G
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
Em chord on guitar (022000)
EmE G B
D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
Cmaj7 chord on guitar (x32000)
Cmaj7C E G B
Bm chord on guitar (x24432)
BmB D F♯
F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C
C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E

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The Greatest chords: questions

What key is The Greatest in?

The Greatest by Billie Eilish is centred on G major (one sharp: F♯).

What chords are in The Greatest?

The Greatest uses 9 chords: Am7, G, Em, D, Cmaj7, Bm, F, C, A.

What is the chord progression of The Greatest?

The main progression is Am7 – Em – D – Cmaj7 (ii7 – vi – V – IVmaj7).

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