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boygenius – Satanist Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsG D Bm

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[Intro]
G
D Bm G
D Bm G


[Verse 1]
D             Bm  G
Will you be a satanist
      D   Bm G
 with me?
D                Bm
Mortgage, I feel so good
 G       D
 by your dream
  Bm     G       D
Vacation home in Florida
                    Bm
The collateral, the devil's
       G            D  Bm G
repossessin' from me
D                    Bm
Trying to score some off
       G    D  Bm G
 brand ecstasy
D              Bm  G
Will you be an anarchist
      D   Bm G
 with me?
D                 Bm
Sleep in cars and kill
     G       D   Bm G
 the bourgeoisie
   D
At least until you find
            Bm     G
 out what a fake I am
D
Spray paint my initials
       Bm G
on an AT-M
  D                Bm
I burn my cash and smash
    G    D  Bm G
 my old TV

[Instrumental]
D Bm G
D Bm G
D Bm G
D Bm G

[Verse 2]
D             Bm  G
Will you be a nihilist
        D  Bm G
 with me?
   D                Bm
If nothin' matters, man,
        G   D    Bm G
 that's a relief
D
Solomon had a point when
    Bm           G
 he wrote Ecclesiastes
   D
If nothing can be known,
         Bm        G
then stupidity is holy
       D              Bm
If the void becomes a bore
               G
We'll treat ourselves to
             D    Bm
some self-belief
              G
(Oh, you know what
 I should do?)

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[Instrumental]
D Bm G
D Bm G
D Bm G
D Bm G
D

[Outro]
D       Bm D
 You wonder if you
     G            D
 can even be seen
        Bm D    G
From so far away
D       Bm  D     G     D
 A slow pull, a seismic drift
        Bm       D
Leaning over the edge of
     G
 the continent
D        Bm  D        G
 It's so hard to come back
D         Bm D      G       D
 You hang on  until it traps
       Bm D        G
You wonder, you wonder
D       Bm D        G
 You wonder, you wonder

D Bm D G
D Bm D G
Bm G

How to play Satanist: key, chords and progression

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

Satanist by boygenius keeps coming home to D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). You need 3 chords: G, D and Bm.

Most of the song cycles through G – D – Bm – G (IV – I – vi – IV in D major). In solfa, that is fah – doh – lah – fah. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 7th fret and play the shapes C, G, Em (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 67% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.