Feb32020

Blossoms – My Swimming Brain Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

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ChordsF Em G E

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This is the chords of My Swimming Brain by Blossoms on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
(Here we go)
F Em F G
My swimming brain
F Em F G
My swimming brain

[Verse 1]
F
My swimming brain on the line
F
Why’s something changed and I can’t decide

[Pre-Chorus]
F Em F
Stuck in my ways so I ran
Em F
Is it too late to be a man?
Em F
Your reply came, “Boy, I can’t
Em E
We’re just so far away”

[Chorus]
F Em
I won’t lie, it’s true, I forgot to be your lover
F G
‘Cause I’ll never get through me and my
G
My swimming brain
F Em
I’m a guy who takes a lot to be uncovered
F G
I’m forever set to me and my
G
My swimming brain

[Verse 2]
F F
I’ve been away for a while
F
Time, never changed, still a child

[Pre-Chorus]
F Em F
I still feel that way, it’s sad
Em F
You say the best you’ve ever had
Em F
45 days and I’m back
Em E
We’re just so far away

[Instrumental]
F Em F G (x2)

[Pre-Chorus]
Em F
Stuck in my ways so I ran
Em F
Is it too late to be a man?
Em F
Your reply came, “Boy, I can’t
Em E
We’re just so far away”

[Outro]
F Em F G
My swimming brain
F Em F G
My swimming brain
F Em F G (x4)
F

How to play My Swimming Brain: key, chords and progression

My Swimming Brain by Blossoms is written in C major (no sharps or flats) and moves through 4 chords: F, Em, G and E.

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

Good to know: F is the tricky part on guitar (barre or movable shapes). Slow the change down until it is clean; on piano and ukulele it is simpler.