Apr162023

corook, Olivia Barton – If I Were A Fish Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsF Bb C G

KeyKeyCapo

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[Verse]
F
 If I Were a Fish
           F
 And You Caught Me
              F
You’d Say Look at That Fish
Bb
 Shimmering in the Sun
 Bb
   Such a Rare One
      Bb
Can’t Believe That
You Caught One
F
If I Were a Fish And
      F
 You Caught Me
              F
You’d Say Look at That Fish
Bb                 Bb
Heaviest in the Sea You’d
 Win First Prize
If You Caught Me

[Chorus]
C
Why is Everybody on the
  Bb   C     F
 Internet So Mean
C                        Bb
Why is Everybody So Afraid
   C     F
of What They’ve Never Seen
C
If I Was Scrolling
       Bb   C     F
 Through and I Saw Me

G
Flopping Around and
Singing My Song
Bb
I’d Say Damn
 They’re Cute and Sing Along

[Outro]
F
If I Were a Fish
           F
 And You Caught Me
              F
You’d Say Look at That Fish

How to play If I Were A Fish: key, chords and progression

These are If I Were A Fish chords by corook feat. Olivia Bartonon Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

To play If I Were A Fish by corook, Olivia Barton, think in F major (one flat: B♭). It takes 4 chords: F, Bb, C and G.

Most of the song cycles through C – Bb – C – F (V – IV – V – I in F major). In solfa, that is soh – fah – soh – doh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes D, G, A, E (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.