Mar22020

Car Seat Headrest – Cant Cool Me Down Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

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This is the chords of Cant Cool Me Down by Car Seat Headrest on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

Cm D#
(Cool water on my brow
G# G#
Can’t cool me down, can’t cool me down [x2]

[Verse]
Cm
Schizophrenia dreaming
D#
I got a real bad feeling
G#
With a taste like lemon
G#
Having trouble breathing
Cm
Getting high on nothing
D#
Taking credit for nothing
G#
Inside my head is an empty head
G#
Introducing friends to friends

[Pre-Chorus]
Cm
There is a hole in the ceiling
D#
Everything but me and it has got no feeling
G#
Smoke is pouring out the vents
I crawl like an animal to ya
G#
(Crawl, crawl, an animal to ya)
Cm
It’s a time of need and I need you to help me
(I crawl, I crawl, an animal to ya)
D#
Please
(I crawl, I crawl, an animal to ya)
Fm
Animal to ya
G#
(I crawl, I crawl, an animal to ya)
G#
An animal to ya

[Chorus]
Cm D#
Cool water on my brow
G# G#
Can’t cool me down, can’t cool me down [x4]

[Verse 2]
Doot-Doot Part (played through entire verse) :
Cm
Vivid visions
D#
It’s been so long since I
Heard your voice and
G#
Felt your feeling for me
G#
Camille Raquin at the mortuary
I like Chopin, won’t you sing me to sleep
Cm
No don’t, Daniel
(No don’t, Daniel)
You think you see a light but
D#
There is nothing in a flame but fire
(There is nothing)
G#
Is it satisfaction
(Is it satisfaction)
G#
Is it only practice for the real thing
(Is it only practice for the real thing)
Snap out of the drug trip screaming
(Snap out of the drug trip screaming)
D#
Hey, we’re not supposed to be here!
(We’re not supposed to be here!)
Fm
Hey, we’re not supposed to be here!
(We’re not supposed to be here!)
G#
Now my blood is dirty water
Drain it, bleed it, wash it down the drain
G#
The devil in the other, somebody else’s mistake
Cm D#
I am dripping with sweat, my hands
G#
I can’t hold anything in my hands
G#
I’ve only made one mistake in my life
I’ve only made one mistake, I’m going

[Chorus]
Cm D#
Cool water on my brow
G# G#
Can’t cool me down, no it can’t cool me down [x4]
Coo-oo-ool…

[Outro]
Cm-D#-G#-G#
Throw in the intro riff towards the end, if you want.

How to play Cant Cool Me Down: key, chords and progression

Cant Cool Me Down by Car Seat Headrest keeps coming home to C minor (three flats: B♭, E♭, A♭). You need 4 chords: Cm, D#, G# and Fm.

The progression the song keeps returning to is G# – Cm – D# – G# (VI – i – III – VI in C minor). Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 1st fret and play the shapes Bm, D, G, Em (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 0% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.