Oct132023

boygenius – Voyager Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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

[Intro]
Mmm, mmm

[Verse 1]
       G      D    Em
It's a hundred and three
 Bm      C      G C
 in the Valley
G     D      Em    Bm
 Blacktop is meltin' on
     D    G  D
our shoes (Mmm)
      Em            D
And I don't mean to make
      Bm C        Cm
it all about me (Mmm)
      G         D     Em
But I used to believe no
          Bm
one could love you
      C   G    C
 like I do (Mmm)
        G           D
And I'm startin' to think
         Em         Bm
that it might be impossible
   C     G    C
not to (Mmm)

[Verse 2]
          G   D     Em
There are days spent tangled
  D    C     G     C
up together (Mmm)
G        D          Em
 And sometimes, you let

   Bm         D   G    D
me read your mind (Ooh)
              Em
Then there are nights you
 D     Bm        C      Cm
 say you don't remember
         G              D
When you stepped on the gas
         Em
 and you asked if I'm
Bm       C        G C
 ready to die (Mmm)
            G         D
You thought I'd never leave
       Em        Bm
and I let you believe
           C        G  C
you were right (Mmm)

[Verse 3]
G     D  Em  Bm
Walkin' alone in
     C    G C
this city
         G      D    Em
Makes me feel like a man
 Bm D       G     D
    on the moon (Ooh)
      Em           D
Every small step I took
   Bm   C       Cm
 was so easy (Mmm)
      G      D         Em
But I never imagined a dot
          Bm       C     G     C
quite as pale or as blue (Ooh)
    G            D
You took it from me,
      Em         Bm
 but I would've given
     C     G    C
 it to you (Mmm)

How to play Voyager: key, chords and progression

Voyager by boygenius is in the key of G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 6 chords: G, D, Em, Bm, C and Cm.

The progression the song keeps returning to is G – D – Em – Bm (I – V – vi – iii in G major). In solfa, that is doh – soh – lah – mi. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

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