Jun182020

DMA’s – Learning Alive Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

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[Verse 1]
D                                     A
Never been so scared to be open
Bm                                                    C
Knocking down walls through to more emptiness
F                                                    C
Tomorrow is alive but it’s broken
G
You gotta pull yourself together

[Verse 2]
D                                                    A
Deeper than it grows in the moment
Bm                                                    C
The colours of this life and the river it winds
F                                                    C
Tomorrow is alive and it’s spoken
G                                                                                      G
All the worlds are spinning, all the world is spinning, all the world is spinning

[Chorus]
F                                                    C
And I just want to hold it together
G                                   Am                  F
How can I tell ya, we’re getting better with time
C                                   G
And I’m on your side, I’m on your side
F                                                    C
And I don’t want to be here forever
G                                   Am                                   F
How can I tell you we’re getting better at life
C                                                    G
And I’m on your side, I’m on your side

[Verse 3]
D                                                    A
Never been so scared to be broken
Bm                                                    C
Knocking down walls through to more emptiness
F                                   C
Tomorrow is alive but it’s open
G                                                                                      G
You gotta pull yourself together, pull yourself together, pull yourself together

[Chorus]
F                                   C
And I just wanna hold it forever
G                                   Am                                   F
How can I tell ya, we’re getting better with time
C                                                    G
And I’m on your side, I’m on your side
F                                                    C
And I just want to be here together
G                                   Am                                   F
How can I tell you we’re getting better at life
C                                                    G
And I’m on your side, I’m on your side
Am Am G G

[Bridge]
D
Wait a minute more
Am
Wait a minute more
G
Wait a minute more
G
All the world is spinning

[Chorus]
F                                   C
And I just want to hold it together
G                                  Am                                   F
How can I tell ya, we’re getting better with time
C                                                    G
And I’m on your side, I’m on your side
F                                   C
And I don’t want to be here forever
G                  Am                  F
How can I tell you we’re getting better at life
C                                                    G
And I’m on your side, I’m on your side

How to play Learning Alive: key, chords and progression

This is the chords of Learning Alive by DMA’s on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

Learning Alive by DMA’s is centred on C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 7 chords: D, A, Bm, C, F, G and Am.

The progression the song keeps returning to is F – C – G – Am (IV – I – V – vi in C major), a rotation of the four-chord pop progression that starts on the IV chord. In solfa, that is fah – doh – soh – lah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: Bm and F are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.