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Brian Fallon – Neptune Chord Progression on Piano, Guitar, Ukulele and Keyboard

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This is the chord progression of Neptune by Brian Fallon on Piano, Guitar, Ukulele and Keyboard.

[Intro]
G Bm Em C (3x)
C D

[Verse 1]
G    D
I never felt like I was home
Em    C
Felt like a strange long-distance caller
G    D    Em    C
Set to the words I heard on the needle spinnin’ by my bedside
G       D
And I used to stay up most of the night
Em    C
With my ear tuned to any sign
G D    Em    C
Of life, of love, of something that felt like redemption

[Pre-Chorus]
C    D Em G
And I never dreamed that I would see you again
C    Bm
But I never forgot all the times that we spent
Em    D
flying rolled down low like the window

[Chorus]
G D Em C
And maybe we believed in very, very foolish things
G D C
Maybe these songs kept us breathing another tomorrow
G D
And we were always very sure we
Em C
were never gonna change the world
G D Em C
I never held any grudges or kept any pictures

[Interlude]
G Bm Em C (3x)
C D

[Verse 2]
G D
And what did it mean for all these years
Em C
I spent chasin’ them ferris wheels
G D Em C
That were always gone like visions come the morning?
G D
But there’s not one day I regret
Em C
And I would do it all again
G D Em C
So if I go down, Lily, I’m going down believing

[Pre-Chorus]
C D Em G
And I never dreamed that I would see you again
C Bm
And I lost myself for a season in Hell flying
Em D
flying rolled down low like the window

[Soloing]
G Bm Em C (3x)

C D

G Bm Em C (3x)

C D

Em C G D (2x)

[Bridge]
Em C
She said, “tonight, my love,
G D Em C G D
I declare this war for your falling from grace with me”
Em C G D
While Neptune rolled out a carpet made of gold
Em C G D
for the mermaids he drowned in the sea
Em C G
It’s been a long time
D Em C G
since I kept any pictures
D Em C G
And it’s been a long night,
D Em C G D
I don’t know where to find her

[Outro]
Em C G
It’s been a long time
D Em C G
since I kept any pictures
D Em C G
And it’s been a long night,
D Em C G
I don’t know where to find her
D Em C G
It’s been a long time
D Em C G
since I kept any pictures
D Em C G
And it’s been a long night,
D Em C G D G
I don’t know where to find her.

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How to play Neptune: key, chords and progression

To play Neptune by Brian Fallon, think in G major (one sharp: F♯). It takes 5 chords: G, Bm, Em, C and D.

The progression the song keeps returning to is G – D – Em – C (I – V – vi – IV in G major), the “four-chord” progression behind countless pop, rock and worship songs. In solfa, that is doh – soh – lah – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.