CHVRCHES – Graffiti Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

CHVRCHES – Graffiti Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

ChordsEAC#mB

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This is the chord progression of Graffiti by CHVRCHES on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Verse 1]
E
I’m writing to ask you; did you achieve all you wanted to do?
A
Before we were dragged up, something was different and nothing was new
E
How did you see me? We didn’t know what we wanted to be
A
When did we move on? I didn’t feel it, nobody told me

[Pre-Chorus]
C#m
Time to kill
B
Was always an illusion
A
Time stood still.
And now we never will, never will

[Chorus]
E
We wrote our names along the bathroom walls
A
Graffitiing our hearts across the stalls
C#m B A
I’ve been waiting for my whole life to grow old
E
And now we never will, never will
A
And now we never will, never will
E
And now we never will, never will

[Verse 2]
E
Standing in streetlights, we didn’t know wrong, didn’t know right
A
Making a mess and running in circles, getting in fights
E
We were just kids then, we didn’t know how and didn’t know when
A
Taking our chances, calling it off and starting again

[Pre-Chorus]
C#m
Time to kill
B
Was always an illusion
A
Time stood still
And now we never will, never will

[Chorus]
E
We wrote our names along the bathroom walls
A
Graffitiing our hearts across the stalls
C#m B A
I’ve been waiting for my whole life to grow old
E
And now we never will, never will
A
And now we never will, never will
C#m B
And now we never will, never will
A
And now we never will, never will

[Bridge]
C#m B
Never will
A
Never will

[Chorus]
E
We wrote our names along the bathroom walls
A
Graffitiing our hearts across the stalls
C#m B A
I’ve been waiting for my whole life to grow old
E
And now we never will, never will
A
And now we never will, never will
C#m B
And now we never will, never will
A
And now we never will, never will
E
And now we never will, never will

How to play Graffiti: key, chords and progression

Graffiti by CHVRCHES is built around E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯), with 4 chords in all: E, A, C#m and B.

The progression the song keeps returning to is A – C#m – B – A (IV – vi – V – IV in E major). In solfa, that is fah – lah – soh – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes D, G, Bm, A (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

E chord on guitar (022100)
EE G♯ B
A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E
C#m chord on guitar (x46654)
C♯mC♯ E G♯
B chord on guitar (x24442)
BB D♯ F♯

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Graffiti chords: questions

What key is Graffiti in?

Graffiti by CHVRCHES is centred on E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯).

What chords are in Graffiti?

Graffiti uses 4 chords: E, A, C#m, B.

What is the chord progression of Graffiti?

The main progression is A – C#m – B – A (IV – vi – V – IV).

Is Graffiti easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes D, G, Bm, A (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo).

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