Dawes – Everything Is Permanent Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Dawes – Everything Is Permanent Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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ChordsEB/D#G#mAF#mC#mBF#m11C#m7Am7AM7Am9CM7B/A

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[INTRO]
E     B/D#  G#m    A  G#m  F#m
C#m   B     E      A
E     B/D#  G#m    A  G#m  F#m
C#m   B     E      A

[VERSE I]
    E             B/D#    G#m
The product of my timezone
A             G#m     F#m
Mixed CDs and dialtones
               C#m    B
Where we could listen to
    E             A
the universe think
          E               B/D#    G#m
While our heroes from the wreckage
  A                G#m    F#m
Delivered us their message
       C#m      B
On the perks of knowing
E              A
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[CHORUS I]
F#m11
 I could see the last frontier
C#m7          F#m11
Sunshine on a birthday cake
E                       A
Everything is permanent now
C#m7              F#m11
 Single that gets over played
E                        A
 Everything is permanent now
C#m7             F#m11
 Bubbles in your third rose
E                        A
 Everything is permanent now
C#m7              F#m11
 Movements of the Milky Way
E                        A
 Everything is permanent now
A      A      A   A      A      A
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                        "Everything is
                        permanent now"

E     B/D#  G#m   A  G#m  F#m
C#m   B     E     A

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[VERSE II]
    E             B/D#   G#m
The wilderness of gossip
A           G#m      F#m
 Asking for deposits
       C#m        B
Yet it leaves you with
     E                 A
some type of withdrawal
E               B/D#   G#m
 Playing on our senses
       A               G#m    F#m
With a thousand of its lenses
   C#m  B         E            A
On everything you wait or just bought
F#m11
 Voices in the atmosphere

[CHORUS II]
C#m7           F#m11
 Whole life of celebrities
E                       A
Everything is permanent now
C#m7           F#m11
 Subliminal obscenities
E                       A
Everything is permanent now
C#m7             F#m11
 Side effects of ecstasy
E                       A
Everything is permanent now
C#m7                    F#m11
 All the people that we used to be
E                        A
 Everything is permanent now

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[INSTRUMENTAL I]
A      A      A   A      A      A
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Am7    A      Am7    A      Am7
AM7    Am9    AM7    CM7
AM7    Am9    AM7    CM7
B/A    Am9    B/A    CM7
AM7           AM7 AM7           AM7
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AM7           AM7 AM7           AM7 E
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E     B/D#  G#m   A  G#m  F#m
C#m   B     E     A

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[VERSE III]
      E                B/D#  G#m
These tangled creeping vines
          A               G#m  F#m
Towards a life you left behind
        C#m    B   E                    A
And the people you forgotten you kissed
    E                 B/D#  G#m
The wayward strand of anger
        A            G#m   F#m
At some controversial stranger
    C#m      B     E            A
Who says the virus didn't exist
F#m11
 I won't know where we go from here
C#m7                  B           E
 I won't know how I'm supposed to feel
F#m11
 The language of the hemispheres
E                  B
 The lonely server farms

[CHORUS III]
C#m7              F#m11
 The level of the rising sea
E                       A
Everything is permanent now
C#m7             F#m11
 The politics of Christmas trees
E                       A
Everything is permanent now
C#m7               F#m11
 The whole world within one screen
E                       A
Everything is permanent now
C#m7                    F#m11
 I'm thinking we should all come clean
E                       A   C#m7
Everything is permanent now,
F#m11  E  A
now,      now
C#m7  F#m11  E  A
C#m7
 Did you really need
    F#m11  E          A
 to cry or be seen crying
C#m7
 Did you really need
    F#m11  E          A
 to cry or be seen crying
C#m7
 Did you really need
    F#m11  E          A
 to cry or be seen crying

[OUTRO]
C#m7  F#m11  E  A
C#m7  F#m11  E  A
C#m7  F#m11  E  A
C#m7  F#m11  E
AM7           AM7 AM7           AM7
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AM7           AM7 AM7           AM7
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How to play Everything Is Permanent: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Everything Is Permanent by Dawes on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Everything Is Permanent by Dawes keeps coming home to E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯). You need 14 chords: E, B/D#, G#m, A, F#m, C#m, B, F#m11, C#m7, Am7, AM7 and Am9 and 2 more.

Most of the song cycles through C#m7 – F#m11 – E – A (vi7 – ii – I – IV in E major). In solfa, that is lah – reh – doh – fah. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes C, G, Em, F, Dm, Am, Dm11, Am7, Fm7, Fmaj7 (58% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 42% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

E chord on guitar (022100)
EE G♯ B
B chord on guitar (x24442)
BB D♯ F♯
G#m chord on guitar (466444)
G♯mG♯ B D♯
A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E
F#m chord on guitar (244222)
F♯mF♯ A C♯
C#m chord on guitar (x46654)
C♯mC♯ E G♯
F#m11 chord on guitar (222220)
F♯m11F♯ A C♯ E G♯ B
C#m7 chord on guitar (x46454)
C♯m7C♯ E G♯ B
Am7 chord on guitar (x02010)
Am7A C E G
Amaj7 chord on guitar (x02120)
Amaj7A C♯ E G♯
Am9 chord on guitar (532000)
Am9A C E G B
Cmaj7 chord on guitar (x32000)
Cmaj7C E G B

Everything Is Permanent chords: questions

What key is Everything Is Permanent in?

Everything Is Permanent by Dawes is centred on E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯).

What chords are in Everything Is Permanent?

Everything Is Permanent uses 14 chords: E, B/D#, G#m, A, F#m, C#m, B, F#m11, C#m7, Am7, AM7, Am9 and 2 more.

What is the chord progression of Everything Is Permanent?

The main progression is C#m7 – F#m11 – E – A (vi7 – ii – I – IV).

Is Everything Is Permanent easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes C, G, Em, F, Dm, Am, Dm11, Am7, Fm7, Fmaj7 (58% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 42% without a capo).

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