Mar22023

boygenius – Not Strong Enough Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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These are Not Strong Enough chords by boygenius on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
F

[Verse 1]
C          Gsus4
Black hole opened
        Dm7        Am
in the kitchen
C     G
Every clock’s a
           Dm7       Am
 different time
C         G
It would only take
       Dm7      Am        C
the energy to fix it
   G         Dm7   Am
I don’t know why I am

[Chorus]
     F     C
The way I am
     G
Not strong enough
            F
to be your man
    F       C
I tried, I can’t
      G
Stop staring at the
  Am      G
ceiling fan and
F          C     G
Spinning out about things
       Am      Gsus4
 that haven’t happened
F         C      G
Breathing in and out

[Verse 2]
C     G
Drag racing through
      Dm7     Am
the canyon
C        G
Singing “Boys Don’t Cry
 Dm7       Am
C     G               Dm7
Do you see us getting scraped
            Am          C
 up off the pavement?
  G         Dm7   Am
I don’t know why I am

[Chorus]
    F     C
The way I am
      G                       F
Not strong enough to be your man
   F      C
I lied, I am
      G             Am  G
Just lowering your expectations
F      C         G
Half a mind that keeps
          Am      Gsus4
the other second guessing
F         C      G
Close my eyеs and count

Feel free to use our free Chord Shape Generator to see every chord in this song on guitar, ukulele and piano.

[Bridge]
C
Always an angel, never a god
C
Always an angеl, never a god
C
Always an angel, never a god
C
Always an angel, never a god
C
Always an angel, never a god
C
Always an angel, never a god
Fm
Always an angel, never a god
Fm
Always an angel, never a god
C
Always an angel, never a god
C
Always an angel, never a god
Fm
Always an angel, never a god
C
Always an angel, never a god

[Chorus]
C   G         F
I don’t know why
    C      G     F
I am the way I am
         F
There’s something
         C
in the static
         G
I think I’ve been
         Am7    G
 having revelations
F       C         G
Coming to in the front seat,
 nearly empty
          F
Skip the exit to our
  C                 G
 old street and go home
F       C      G    F
     Go home alone

How to play Not Strong Enough: key, chords and progression

Not Strong Enough by boygenius is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 8 chords: F, C, Gsus4, Dm7, Am, G, Fm and Am7.

The progression the song keeps returning to is G – F – C – G (V – IV – I – V in C major). In solfa, that is soh – fah – doh – soh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

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