Del Water Gap – It’s Not Fair! Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Del Water Gap – It’s Not Fair! Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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ChordsBbFC/EDmCGGmGm7

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[Intro]
Bb F C/E Dm
Bb F C/E

[Verse 1]
Bb                F
I want you to know, I think about it
Bb                F
When I’m up alone, I worry about you
Bb              F
I can hardly walk through
                 C
East Manhattan still
Bb                F
I got caught alone in your apartment
Bb                  F
Kept you up till one,
talking your ear off
Bb                    F
You’d long gone to work and
                       C
I was sleeping off the pills

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[Bridge]
            Dm                Bb
So humbled by it, no use in lying
                F
Wiping the sweat back,
                C/E
spitting and crying

[Chorus]
         Dm
Just to leave me yelling,
              Bb
“It’s not fair !”
          F
Just to leave me yelling,
               C/E
“It’s not fair !”
         Dm                     Bb
I just wanted you to know I’m scared
           F
and it leaves me yelling,
              C/E
“It’s not fair !”

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[Post-Chorus]
Dm  Bb F C/E
          Dm
I just wanted you to
            Bb   F  C/E
know I’m scared

[Verse 2]
Bb                F
We laid on the floor in deep New
         Bb               F
England your brother was home,
                   Bb
He always lingered I had pizza
      F
breath but you still
                 C
curled up in my limbs
             Bb
Now you get drunk and email me
  F
Killing me softly
      Bb
The feeling impales me
 F
You’ll always haunt me
    Bb
I’m sorry i blame you
      F                      C
That you couldn’t keep me still

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[Chorus]
         Dm
Just to leave me yelling,
              Bb
“It’s not fair !”
          F
Just to leave me yelling,
               C/E
“It’s not fair !”
         Dm
I just wanted you to know
      Bb              F
I’m scared and it leaves me
                       C/E
yelling, “It’s not fair !””

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[Bridge]
          Dm
Who am I kidding?
         F
I can’t face you
         C             G
Let alone my mother asking
            Dm
“How’d you lose her?
         F
Rash behavior?
         C               Gm
Twenty-something ever after…”

[Refrain]
Gm7                   Bb
..Ever after keep my distance
          F               C
Now we’re older, still I miss you
          Gm7
Still I sleep late,
         Bb
like we used to
        F                C
Don’t forget me, how I loved you

[Chorus]
         Dm
Just to leave me yelling,
              Bb
“It’s not fair !”
          F
Just to leave me yelling,
               C/E
“It’s not fair !”
         Dm
I just wanted you to know I’m
  Bb              F
scared and it leaves me yelling,
              C/E
“It’s not fair !””
“It’s not fair !”

How to play It’s Not Fair!: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for It’s Not Fair! by Del Water Gap on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

It’s Not Fair! by Del Water Gap is in the key of F major (one flat: B♭). The song uses 8 chords: Bb, F, C/E, Dm, C, G, Gm and Gm7.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Dm – Bb – F – C/E (vi – IV – I – V in F major), the “sensitive” minor-start rotation of the four-chord progression, a favourite in ballads and worship. In solfa, that is lah – fah – doh – soh. 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 G, D, A, Bm, E, Em, Em7 (86% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 43% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

Bb chord on guitar (x13331)
B♭B♭ D F
F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C
C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
Dm chord on guitar (xx0231)
DmD F A
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
Gm chord on guitar (355333)
GmG B♭ D
Gm7 chord on guitar (353333)
Gm7G B♭ D F

It’s Not Fair! chords: questions

What key is It’s Not Fair! in?

It’s Not Fair! by Del Water Gap is in the key of F major (one flat: B♭).

What chords are in It’s Not Fair!?

It’s Not Fair! uses 8 chords: Bb, F, C/E, Dm, C, G, Gm, Gm7.

What is the chord progression of It’s Not Fair!?

The main progression is Dm – Bb – F – C/E (vi – IV – I – V), the “sensitive” minor-start rotation of the four-chord progression, a favourite in ballads and worship.

Is It’s Not Fair! easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes G, D, A, Bm, E, Em, Em7 (86% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 43% without a capo).

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