Nov252019

Coldplay – Flags Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

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This is the chords of Flags by Coldplay on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
G G G D

[Verse 1]
G Cadd9 D
Talk amongst the skeletons this morning
G Cadd9 D
Aside from all the medicine and health
Em C G D
If you could do it all again, would you do it all the same?
Em G D2
Is there something that you’d tell your former self?
G Cadd9 D
There were those that wished they’d spun upon a jukebox
G Cadd9 D
There were pirates who had never seen the sea
Em C G D
But the one recurring theme, the one recurring dream they had
Em G D2
Was to be whatever they wanted to be

[Chorus]
G D
To be Pyotr Tchaikovsky
G Cadd9 D
To be free like everyone else
G Cadd9 D
There will be no flags to warn me
Em7 Cadd9 D
‘Cause I just want to be myself

[Instrumental]
G,G,Cadd9,D (x2)

[Verse 2]
G Cadd9 D
You’ll let telephone in by a region
G Cadd9 D
Is there any advice that you could give?
Em7 C
When you know you’re not like them (C , Em )
Em Em D
I know that I am living, but can you show me how to live

[Chorus]
G D
And the Holy Roman Army
G Cadd9 D
Said your heart beats like everyone else
G Cadd9 D
You don’t need no flags to tell you who you are
Em7 Cadd9 D G
I just want to be myself
G G Cadd9 D
lalala laaaa lalala laaaa lalala laaaa (x4)

[Chorus]
G D
There’s an aura that surrounds me
G Cadd9 D
There’s a different kind of wealth
G Cadd9 D
And I don’t need flags to know you’re really something
G Cadd9 D
And I just love you for yourself
G Cadd9 D
Oh, I just love you for yourself

[Instrumental]
G G Cadd9 D

[Outro]
G G Cadd9 D
lalala laaaa lalala laaaa lalala laaaa

How to play Flags: key, chords and progression

Flags by Coldplay sits in G major (one sharp: F♯), and you need 7 chords to play it: G, D, Cadd9, Em, C, D2 and Em7.

Listen for D – G – Cadd9 – D (V – I – IVadd9 – V in G major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is soh – doh – fah – soh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.