Bo Burnham – Five Years Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Bo Burnham – Five Years Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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ChordsEmF#mBmBm/D

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[Spoken intro]
Hey baby, uh, it's me
Um, our anniversary's comin' up,
it's a pretty big one
And, um, I wrote a song
        Em  F#m
for you
So I'm just leaving
    Bm   Bm/D      Bm
you this voicemail because,
      Em       Fm#
um, I want the song
     Bm  Bm/D   Bm
to begin with this voicemail

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Like, I want the voicemail
   Em            F#m
to play at the beginning of it
Bm     Bm/D           Bm
So, if you could just download
                        Em
this voicemail when you get
                       F#m
it and then text it to me
Bm  Bm/D      Bm
Um, you might need to, like,
                     Em
download another app to
F#m
download the⁠—
Bm      Bm/D            Bm
I don't know if you can rip your
                         Em
voicemail right off your phone,
          F#m
you might need to, like—
     Bm     Bm/D      Bm
Just Google it, don't call
me and ask me
Em
 'Cause I know,
   F#m
 I know what you're gonna do
                     Bm    Bm/D
You're gonna, you're gonna get
         Bm
this and you're gonna
think you just can't do it
                 Em
And you're gonna call me, but
     F#m
then I'm just gonna Google it
    Bm       Bm/D
So, just you Google it,
          Bm
you're an adult,
you can figure it out
Em           F#m
Um, so just, figure it out and
                 Bm   Bm/D   Bm
text me the voicemail
Um, immediately,
                Em
if you wouldn't mind,
                     F#m
like, right when you get this
           Bm    Bm/D      Bm
Thank you, um, I love you, bye

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[Verse 1]
Em         F#m
 You're my best friend,
   Bm   Bm/D   Bm
 I love you
Em        F#m
 You know me and
   Bm   Bm/D   Bm
 I know you
Em      F#m
 We got problems that
       Bm   Bm/D   Bm
 we've been through
Em      F#m
 We got shit that
       Bm  Bm/D     Bm
 we'll get through, uh
              Em      F#m
You think I'm rude to you
            Bm     Bm/D   Bm
You think I am the worst
                       Em
Because I ask when you suck
   F#m
my dick
                   Bm  Bm/D  Bm
To take out your Invisalign  first

[Chorus]
        Em          F#m
Come on, five years, five years
      Bm    Bm/D  Bm
Still you, still  me, still here
Em          F#m
 Five years, five years, baby
Bm    Bm/D  Bm
 Five years, five years

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[Verse 2]
We order Chinese,
              Bm  Bm/D
I'm eating my dumplings
    Bm
You reach over and
            Em
you take my dumpling
               F#m
You don't even say,
                  Bm  Bm/D
"Do you mind?" or nothing
          Bm
Why would you assume that
                     Em
you're entitled to a dumpling?
     F#m
So I look at you,
Bm       Bm/D
you look back at me,
                Bm
like, "What the fuck did I do?"
Em                   F#m
If you really wanted some
dim sum then
Bm          Bm/D      Bm
 You really should've gotten
              Em         F#m
 some when we put in the order
                         Bm
You say, "You're a psycho
 Bm/D  Bm
and I- I don't wanna fight
   Em          F#m
So, let's just drop this,
               Bm    Bm/D
it's not a big deal"
Bm
Okay, but for the record
Em       F#m          Bm
 You owe me a dumpling,
   Bm/D  Bm             Em  F#m
 I mean  it, I won't forget
    Bm
You owe me a dumpling or
a dumpling equivalent

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[Chorus]
Em          F#m
 Five years, five years
      Bm    Bm/D  Bm
Still you, still  me, still here
Em          F#m
 Five years, five years, baby
Bm    Bm/D  Bm
 Five years, five years

[Verse 3]
Em  F#m
 We found a spider in the house
Bm   Bm/D        Bm
 You freaked and you jumped
 up onto the couch
Em       F#m
 Since I was close and able
Bm  Bm/D      Bm
  I jumped up on the coffee table
Em             F#m
You said, "You should kill that"
Bm  Bm/D       Bm
I   said, "Um, no, fuck that"
Em                  F#m  Bm  Bm/D
You said, "Come on, be a man"
What?
         Em         F#m
You're a total anti-sexist,
  Bm   Bm/D  Bm
a patriarchy fighter
         Em                  F#m
But your whole world view collapses
    Bm     Bm/D      Bm
The moment there's a spider, cool
Em     F#m
 I get it, this is the real you
Bm      Bm/D  Bm
 It's a pleasure, nice to meet you
Em             F#m
Shit like this brings
the movement down
Bm           Bm/D       Bm
Everyone's a feminist until
there is a spider around

[Chorus]
Em          F#m
 Five years, five years
      Bm    Bm/D  Bm
Still you, still  me, still here
Em          F#m
 Five years, five years, baby
Bm    Bm/D  Bm
 Five years, five years

[Outro]
Em             F#m
How come every time I need to
                  Bm  Bm/D
take a poo in the bathroom
Bm
You out of the blue need
           Em
to use the bathroom?
     F#m
Just use the guest
room bathroom
Bm  Bm/D  Bm
 That's  why we got
 two bathrooms
Em    F#m
 Just use the guest
 room bathroom
Bm  Bm/D  Bm
 That's  why we got
         Em   F#m
 two bathrooms
        Bm  Bm/D  Bm
And you know

How to play Five Years: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Five Years by Bo Burnham on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Five Years by Bo Burnham is built around B minor (two sharps: F♯, C♯), with 5 chords in all: Em, F#m, Bm, Bm/D and Fm#.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Em – F#m – Bm – Bm/D (iv – v – i – i in B minor). Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes Dm, Em, Am, Ebm (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 25% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

Em chord on guitar (022000)
EmE G B
F#m chord on guitar (244222)
F♯mF♯ A C♯
Bm chord on guitar (x24432)
BmB D F♯
Fm chord on guitar (133111)
FmF A♭ C

Five Years chords: questions

What key is Five Years in?

Five Years by Bo Burnham is centred on B minor (two sharps: F♯, C♯).

What chords are in Five Years?

Five Years uses 5 chords: Em, F#m, Bm, Bm/D, Fm#.

What is the chord progression of Five Years?

The main progression is Em – F#m – Bm – Bm/D (iv – v – i – i).

Is Five Years easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes Dm, Em, Am, Ebm (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 25% without a capo).

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