Cigarettes After Sex – You’re The Only Good Thing In My Life Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

Cigarettes After Sex – You’re The Only Good Thing In My Life Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

ChordsBbmaj7Fmaj7F

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This is the chords of You’re The Only Good Thing In My Life by Cigarettes After Sex on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7 X2

[Verse 1]
Bbmaj7            Fmaj7
You only fck for love
Bbmaj7                      Fmaj7
Told me you could never get enough
Bbmaj7                                Fmaj7
Posing as a Playboy centerfold
Bbmaj7                                 Fmaj7
You could be my Penthouse Pet, I know

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[Chorus]
Bbmaj7            F
You make me think of
Bbmaj7                      F
Storms on the beaches
Bbmaj7                      F
With all the lights off
Bbmaj7                                                    F
Everything is wrong but it’s all right
Bbmaj7                                          F
Everything is wrong but it’s all right
Bbmaj7                                          F
You’re the only good thing in my life

[Interlude]
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7 X2

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[Verse 2]
Bbmaj7                      Fmaj7
Do what your heart desires
Bbmaj7                                          F
Love is always strange when it just starts
Bbmaj7                                          Fmaj7
You didn’t have a care left in the world
Bbmaj7                                Fmaj7
Naked, tanning by the swimming pool

[Chorus]
Bbmaj7            Fmaj7
You make me think of
Bbmaj7            Fmaj7
Storms on the beaches
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7
With all the lights off
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7
Everything is wrong but it’s all right
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7
Everything is wrong but it’s all right
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7
You’re the only good thing in my life

[Bridge]
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7
Layin’ in the sun
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7
Never need to tell me when you come
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7
‘Cause you know that I can just feel it

[Outro]
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7 X4

How to play You’re The Only Good Thing In My Life: key, chords and progression

You’re The Only Good Thing In My Life by Cigarettes After Sex is centred on F major (one flat: B♭). The song uses 3 chords: Bbmaj7, Fmaj7 and F.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Bbmaj7 – Fmaj7 – Bbmaj7 – F (IVmaj7 – Imaj7 – IVmaj7 – I in F major). In solfa, that is fah – doh – fah – doh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes Gmaj7, Dmaj7, D (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 33% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

Bbmaj7 chord on guitar (x13231)
B♭maj7B♭ D F A
Fmaj7 chord on guitar (xx3210)
Fmaj7F A C E
F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C

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You’re The Only Good Thing In My Life chords: questions

What key is You’re The Only Good Thing In My Life in?

You’re The Only Good Thing In My Life by Cigarettes After Sex is centred on F major (one flat: B♭).

What chords are in You’re The Only Good Thing In My Life?

You’re The Only Good Thing In My Life uses 3 chords: Bbmaj7, Fmaj7, F.

What is the chord progression of You’re The Only Good Thing In My Life?

The main progression is Bbmaj7 – Fmaj7 – Bbmaj7 – F (IVmaj7 – Imaj7 – IVmaj7 – I).

Is You’re The Only Good Thing In My Life easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes Gmaj7, Dmaj7, D (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 33% without a capo).

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