Oct132023

boygenius – Powers Chords on Piano & Ukulele

KeyKeyCapo

View

These are Powers chords by boygenius on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
G B C
G F#m Em D C B D

[Verse 1]
          G
How did it start?
       B    C
Did I fall into a
  G F#m Em D C B D
nuclear  reactor?
B              Em
Crawl out with acid
         B          C
skin or somethin' worse
          Am G    D
A hostile alien ambassador?
B       Em      B      C
Or am I simply another of
        Am      G
the universe's failed
    D
 experiments?
       B     Em
Either way, I have been
 B       C      Am
 wonderin' just how it is
(How it is)
       D
I have never heard
(Never heard)
             C
 the tale of how
          Cm     G
 I got my powers

[Verse 2]
D           Am
Thrust into bein',
   C        G
careenin' along
     Em      F
On a crooked little
    C
trajectory
D             Am
Dissolvin' in movement
     C       G
 a body in orbit
     Em           F
Or a roach on his way
        C
 to the gutter

[Verse 3]
    C               G
The tail of a comet burned
          D
 up in an instant,
        Am           C
 the destruction of matter
           G
There's no object to be

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

 D           Am       C
seen in the supercollider
       G             D
Just a light in the tunnel
         Am        C
 and whatever gets scattered
          G              D
Life flashin' before the eye
        Am         C
of whatever comes after
    G            D
The force of our impact,
      Am
 the fission
    C           G
The hum of our contact,
      D        Am       C
the sound of our collisions

[Outro]
G D Am C G D
G D Am C G D Am
C G D Am C G D
C G Bm C

How to play Powers: key, chords and progression

Powers by boygenius is in the key of G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 10 chords: G, B, C, F#m, Em, D, Am, Cm, F and Bm.

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

Good to know: B, F#m, Cm, 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.