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Charli XCX – New Shapes Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Caroline Polachek Charli XCX Christine and the Queens

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsF G Em AmG/BC

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These are the chords for New Shapes by Charli XCX, Caroline Polachek, Christine and the Queens on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Chorus]
             F  G
What you want
        Em    F
I ain't got it
 F        G   Em  F
What you want
              F  G
What you want
        Em     F
I ain't got it
 F        G
What you want
I ain't got it

[Verse 1]
Em       F
I don't know why I got
 G  Am         G/B  C
a tendency to run away
Em      F
Don't know why I'm always
pushing for a sweet escape

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 Em    F
Even though I feel so close,
 G Am                    G/B C Em F
   I just can't control how I feel
And I gotta be free,
need to breathe

[Pre-Chorus]
                      Em
But sometimes I need all
  F     G   Am
night, all day
         G/B   C
We could fall in love
     Em   F
 in new shapes
New shapes
And when the morning comes
    Em F   G   Am
I'm sorry, I stayed
         G/B  C       Em
Tell you honestly, I can't
   F
change, can't change

[Chorus]
             F  G
What you want
        Em  F
I ain't got it
 F        G   Em  F
What you want
             F G
What you want
        Em   F
I ain't got it
F  G
  I ain't got it

  [Verse 2]
 Em   F      G      Am
What if I created places
        G/B  C
 for you to let go?
 Em   F
What if you wanted to watch

Because we both know?
Em F                   G Am
   That, now we are so close
                  G/B
We don't have to fight
  C     Em F
how we feel
When the lights and
the skins are cold

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[Pre-Chorus]
                  Em
I surrender to it all
  F      G   Am
 night, all day
         G/B C
Then we fall in love
    Em    F
 in new shapes
(New shapes, baby)
New shapes
Then the morning comes
     Em F   G   Am
 all misty, we fade
          G/B  C
'Cause we fell in love
    Em    F
 in new shapes (What?)
In new shapes, oh!

[Chorus]
              F  G
What you want
        Em  F
I ain't got it (Got it)
  G       Am
What you want
          Em  F
(We could go on)
             F G
What you want
        Em  F
I ain't got it
F  G
  I ain't got it

[Bridge]
  F
Thinkin' of me, but you're
                   G
Stuck on the west side again
 Em
Maybe we're meant for
               F
 another dimension, babe
 F
Deep in the dark of your brain
                 G
Like a star in space
     Em
You call it art,
but you pulled on my heart
                 F
And you twisted it
into a new shape
           F
Yeah, I'm dive bar-ing
   G
 again and again
          Em               F
Trying to get up close to you
 F                         G
    if I know how it's gonna end
      Em
But honestly, life would
be better if I never
 F
Met you in the first place

[Chorus]
             F G
What you want
        Em  F
I ain't got it (Yeah)
 F        G
What you want
         Em  F
(I ain't got it)
             F G
What you want
        Em  F
I ain't got it

I ain't got it

(charli, caroline, chris)
 F        G
What you want, what you want
             F G
What you want
        Em  F
I ain't got it
  F        G
What you want
        Em    F
(A ha, a ha, yeah)
             F G
What you want
        Em  F
I ain't got it baby
F G         Em  F
  I ain't got it

How to play New Shapes: key, chords and progression

New Shapes by Charli XCX sits in C major (no sharps or flats), and you need 6 chords to play it: F, G, Em, Am, G/B and C.

The progression the song keeps returning to is F – G – Em – F (IV – V – iii – IV in C major). In solfa, that is fah – soh – mi – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

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