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cavetown – Heart Attack Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
C Asus2 C Asus2
C Asus2 C Asus2

[Verse 1]
C                          Asus2
  I thought of letting her out
C                    Asus2
  She's a big, brave girl now,
             C
I can't relate
C             Asus2
I feel like a horse or a shark,
            C
 I could sleep standing up
C      Asus2
In the daytime, I'm falling
   C    F
 awake

[Pre-Chorus]
F           Em
I picture a cat who looks
       F           C     F
like Juno on the fence
F              Em
It gives me a heart attack,
           F             C     F
 I can't lose another friend

[Chorus]
F             E
I'm measuring up against
       F      C   F
the wall again
F                Em
It's always the same, but maybe
  F                C
 this time, I've changed
  Asus2 C Asus2

[Verse 2]
C          Asus2
  Crosswalk, go now
C          Asus2
  Green light, forever
            C
 counting down
C          Asus2
Check first, left, right
C          Asus2
  Black out, must've run
         C
out of time
C                          Asus2
I've thought of letting it go
C                 Asus2
  Create a record-breaking
           C
 ball of snow
C          Asus2
Too big to catch it,
                C
but I could if I
C
Had just reached out like
 Asus2        C   F
 half a year ago

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[Pre-Chorus]
F              Em
Everybody's screaming, waving
   F               C     F
 fainting in the pit
F               Em
Just give me a heart attack,
      F               C     F
 I'm fcking losing it

[Chorus]
F             E
I'm measuring up against
      F      C   F
 the wall again
F                Em
It's always the same, but maybe
  F                C      F
this time, I've changed
F             E
I'm measuring up against
      F      C   F
the wall again
F                Em
It's always the same, but maybe
  F                C
this time, I've changed

[Outro]
Am Dm F C Am Dm F
C Am Dm F
C Am Dm F
Cmaj7 Cmaj7/F E Cmaj7/F
Cmaj7 Cmaj7/F E Cmaj7/F
C             Am
  Gasping for air like
            F           C
there's a lack of oxygen
C                   Am
You'll all have to drag me back,
    F               C
 I can't do this again

How to play Heart Attack: key, chords and progression

These are Heart Attack chords by cavetown on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Heart Attack by cavetown is written in F major (one flat: B♭) and moves through 9 chords: C, Asus2, F, Em, E, Am, Dm, Cmaj7 and Cmaj7/F.

Most of the song cycles through C – F – Em – F (V – I – vii – I in F major). In solfa, that is soh – doh – te – doh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord here is an open shape on guitar: no capo, no barre chords needed.