Feb252020

Chris Renzema – 17 Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

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This is the chords of 17 by Chris Renzema on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Verse 1]
G
Here I am, confessing again
Csus4
I know I’ve let You down
G
I’ve said it a thousand times
Csus4
Never again starts now
G
I’ve slept through so many days
Csus4
I’ve wasted so much time
G
Can’t solve it with a song
Csus4
Can’t fix it with a rhyme

[Chorus]
Dadd11
So I’ll try
Em C
To be honest with myself
Dadd11
Again
Em Em Dadd11
But I can feel just so uncomfortable in my skin
Em C
No, You told me that You love me
Dadd11
But I don’t remember when
Em C
Oh-oh-oh-oh

[Verse 2]
G Csus4
Feel like I was so much wiser when I was 17
G
Saw the world in just two shades
Csus4
Didn’t stand in the in-between
G Csus4
If the man I was back then saw who I am right now
G Csus4
Wonder if he’d be disappointed in how he would turn out

[Bridge]
But I hear You say
Dadd11 Em C Dadd11
“Child, stop listening to yourself so much
Em C Dadd11
I have made you more than worthy of My love
Em C
You are fearfully and wonderfully made
Dadd11
And that’s enough”
Em C
Whoa-oa-oa-oa
Dadd11
“Whoa, child
Em C Dadd11
If you could see yourself the way that I do
Em C Dadd11
You’d see I made you in My image and My work’s not through
Em C
Oh, we’ll dance on his disappointment
Dadd11
In a world made new”
Em C
Whoa-oa-oa

[Interlude]
Dadd11 Em C G D
Dadd11 Em C G D

[Outro]
Dadd11 Em
Oh, I know your heart is tired
C
The floods and the fire
G Dadd11
Have made this seem all too far gone
Dadd11 Em
Oh, I know your heart is broken
C
But the last words I’ve spoken
G D
The best is still yet to come
Dadd11 Em
Oh, I know your heart is tired
C
The floods and the fire
G Dadd11
Have made this seem all too far gone
Dadd11 Em
Oh, I know your heart is broken
C
But the last words I’ve spoken
G D
The best is still yet to come
Dadd11 Em C G

How to play 17: key, chords and progression

17 by Chris Renzema is written in G major (one sharp: F♯) and moves through 6 chords: G, Csus4, Dadd11, Em, C and D.

Most of the song cycles through Dadd11 – Em – C – Dadd11 (V – vi – IV – V in G major). In solfa, that is soh – lah – fah – soh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Good to know: Csus4 and Dadd11 are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.