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Billy Talent – Judged Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsD A C G E F

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[Intro]
D

[Verse]
    A
God damn motherfucker
                    C
with that old-world plan
  D          C
I swear some day,
         G           A
we'll be rid of your clan
     A
Your hateful rhetoric
          C
is so carefree
    D         C
Why can't you see what
   G             A
it feels like to be

[Chorus]
E                G    A  G    C
Judged for being born in your skin
E                     G   A    G C
Judged for love that they call a sin
E
Judged, because you're
G    A    G  C
different to them
D         C G  A   G     A  G
Profiled, defiled, tired of being
E                G
Judged for using your
A     G  C
right to choose
E                 G    A  G   C
Judged before you walk in the room
E
Judged, yeah,
          G    A   G C
we're the ones you refused
D         C G  A
Profiled, defiled,
G     A  G     A
tired of being judged

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[Verse 2]
      A
Don't lose your voice,
                    C
don't live without choice
      D         C
Their minds are set
     G           A
to divide and destroy
       A
You're still pretending
                     C
it's the land of the free
   D         C
If you can't see what
   G             A
it feels like to be

[Chorus 3]
E                G    A  G    C
Judged for being born in your skin
E                     G   A    G C
Judged for love that they call a sin
E
Judged, because you're
G    A    G  C
different to them
D         C G  A   G     A  G
Profiled, defiled, tired of being
E                G
Judged for using your
A     G  C
right to choose
E                 G    A  G   C
Judged before you walk in the room
E
Judged, yeah,
          G    A   G C
we're the ones you refused
D         C G  A
Profiled, defiled,
G     A  G     A
tired of being judged

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[Bridge]
A
(Yeah, yeah) We're just trying
   F        D
to open the doors you shut
A
(Yeah, yeah) Your logic's
   F          D
so broken and out of touch
A
(Yeah, yeah) You think we don't
F                D
matter? Well, we won't give up
A
(Yeah, yeah) 'Cause it'll all
   F                  D
be shattered, the day you'd be

[Chorus 3]
E                G    A  G    C
Judged for being born in your skin
E                     G   A    G C
Judged for love that they call a sin
E
Judged, because you're
G    A    G  C
different to them
D         C G  A   G     A  G
Profiled, defiled, tired of being
E                G
Judged for using your
A     G  C
right to choose
E                 G    A  G   C
Judged before you walk in the room
E
Judged, yeah,
          G    A   G C
we're the ones you refused
D         C G  A
Profiled, defiled,
G     A  G     A
tired of being judged

How to play Judged: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Judged by Billy Talent on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

To play Judged by Billy Talent, think in D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). It takes 6 chords: D, A, C, G, E and F.

The progression the song keeps returning to is E – G – A – G (II – IV – V – IV in D major). In solfa, that is reh – fah – soh – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar almost every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.