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Bo Burnham – Facetime With My Mom Tonight Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
F G Am Bm C Em F Em
F G Am Bm C Em F

[Chorus]
F                G            Am
 Pour me a drink and clear my schedule
 Bm   C                    Em  F  Em
I'ma FaceTime with my mom tonight
F                  G    Am
  These 40 minutes are essential
 Bm   C                   Em     F
I'ma FaceTime with my mom tonight

[Verse 1]
F         G   Am          Bm   C
  I call, she answers and her hair
  is wet
Em   F                Em
    (hair is, hair is wet...)
F         G   Am
  I say, "Did you just shower?"
  Bm C
  she says "how'd you guess?"
  Em         F
I say, "Your hair is wet" She says,
"Oh yeah"

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[Chorus]
F                G            Am
I tell my boys I need some space, yeah
 Bm   C                    Em  F
I'ma FaceTime with my mom tonight
             Em        F
She'll hold her iPhone 5 no further
                   G    Am
than 6 inches from her face
  Bm     C                Em  F
I'ma FaceTime with my mom tonight

[Verse 2]
F            G    Am
  She says, "Oh, look who's here.
   Bm   C
  Say 'hi' to Dad!"
Em   F                   Em
(Dad, dad, hi, hi to Dad)
F          G       Am
 He says, "How ya doing, bud?"
 Bm          C
 I say, "I'm not so bad"
Em         F
And that's the deepest talk
we've ever had

[Chorus]
F                 G
  Watching as she looks
         Am
  for her glasses
   Bm    C                Em  F
I'ma FaceTime with my mom tonight
                    Em        F
She'll tell me all about the season
       G          Am
six finale of The Blacklist
  Bm     C                Em  F
I'ma FaceTime with my mom tonight

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[Outro]
C             G
  My mother's covering her
                  F
  camera with her thumb
               Dm
I'll waste my time,
                   C
FaceTiming with my mom
            G
My mother's covering her
                F
camera with her thumb
               Dm
I'll waste my time,
                   C
FaceTiming with my mom
            G
My mother's covering her
                F
camera with her thumb
               Dm
I'll waste my time,
                   C
FaceTiming with my mom
            G
My mother's covering her
                F
camera with her thumb
               Dm
I'll waste my time,
                   C
FaceTiming with my mom

How to play Facetime With My Mom Tonight: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Facetime With My Mom Tonight by Bo Burnham on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Facetime With My Mom Tonight by Bo Burnham is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 7 chords: F, G, Am, Bm, C, Em and Dm.

The backbone of the song is F – G – Am – Bm (IV – V – vi – vii in C major). In solfa, that is fah – soh – lah – te. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Good to know: F and Bm are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.