Mar62023

David Crosby – The Us Below Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsG/BG/CDsus2 Em Cmaj7 C D Cadd9 Em7 FGC#m A F#m Fmaj7

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[Intro]
G/B  G/C  Dsus2  Em
G/B  G/C  Dsus2  Em
G/B  G/C  Dsus2  Em
G/B  G/C  Dsus2  Em

[Verse 1]
G/B  G/C     Dsus2   Em
  A  billion burning suns,
G/B  G/C  Dsus2  Em
          Calmly do,
G/B  G/C  Dsus2   Em    G/B
          As they did before,
G/C   Dsus2  Em
Like  me and you.

[Verse 2]
G/B  G/C  Dsus2   Em       G/B  G/C
          Sitting in their place,
Dsus2      Em     G/B
Bound, but years apart,
G/C      Dsus2  Em  G/B
Stubborn as we  are,
     G/C     Dsus2  Cmaj7*
With matters of the heart.

[Verse 3]
G/B  G/C  Dsus2    Em
          Science, God and you,
G/B  G/C  Dsus2   Em
          All    agree,
G/B  G/C  Dsus2        Em
          We've become something,
G/B  G/C  Dsus2            Em
       We weren't meant to be.

[Verse 4]
C  D  D         Em
      Paths run parallel,
C  D  D            Em
      Here and up above,
C  D  D        Em
      Distance held by hearts,
C  D  D        Em
     Afraid to open up.

[Pre-Chorus]
Cadd9       Cadd9
   Yet even though,
         Em        Em7  Em  Em7
Our love burns slow,
         Cadd9
It warms me,
         Cadd9
And all around,
          Em    Em7  Em  Em7
Sight and sound,
       C  F
Inform me.

[Chorus]
             D     G
That we have found,
         C#m    A
A common ground,
         F#m    G  A
Like the stars,
A*
Why must we be,
G/B  G/C  Dsus2  Cadd9*
Eternally,
Alone?

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[Interlude]
G/B  G/C  Dsus2  Em
G/B  G/C  Dsus2  Em
G/B  G/C  Dsus2  Em
G/B  G/C  Dsus2  Em

[Verse 5]
G/B  G/C    Dsus2   Em
   A finely diamond sky,
G/B  G/C       Dsus2   Em
     Jewels in ever    glow,
G/B   G/C       Dsus2   Em
Illuminates the distance,
G/B G/C       Dsus2  Em
  Between the us   below.

[Verse 6]
G/B  G/C  Dsus2 Em
         Me     here,
G/B  G/C  Dsus2 Em
          You   there,
G/B G/C Dsus2  Em
    And in the middle,
G/B  G/C   Dsus2   Em   C
The  frozenness of fear.

[Chorus]
Fmaj7           D     G
Yet still we've found,
         C#m    A
A common ground,
         F#m    G  A
Like the stars,
A*
Why must we be,
G/B  G/C  Dsus2  Cadd9*
N.C.
Eternally,
N.C.
Alone?

[Outro]
G/B  Cadd9
Em7  C
G/B  Cadd9
Em7  C
G/B  Cadd9
Em7  C
Em  Cadd9
Em  C
Em  Cadd9
Em  C
Em  Cadd9
Em  C
G/B  C  Dsus2  G/C

How to play The Us Below: key, chords and progression

These are The Us Below chords by David Crosby on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

The Us Below by David Crosby is built around G major (one sharp: F♯), with 15 chords in all: G/B, G/C, Dsus2, Em, Cmaj7, C, D, Cadd9, Em7, F, G and C#m and 3 more.

The progression the song keeps returning to is G/B – G/C – Dsus2 – Em (I – I – Vsus2 – vi in G major). In solfa, that is doh – doh – soh – lah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: on guitar, F, C#m and F#m need a barre or movable shape. Take the change into them slowly at first; piano and ukulele players have it easier.