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

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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

[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

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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