Ellie Goulding – Bleach Chord Progression on Piano & Ukulele

Ellie Goulding – Bleach Chord Progression on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsDBmF#mA

Key
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[INTRO]
   D               Bm
 Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yay
                   F#m
 Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yay
                A
 Na-na-na-na-na-na

 [VERSE ONE]
  D
 Once upon a time, you were my sunshine
  Bm                                     F#m
 Everything about you got me goddamn wired
 F#m                         A
 Started as a fleeting thing now
  A                       
 You're all that I can stomach
 D
 Tie my hands, I'm gripping to the stereo
 Bm                                      F#m
 Don't understand how I ended up being so low
 F#m                    A 
 Didn't owe you anything now
  A
 I'm paying for my exit	

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[PRE-CHORUS]
 D
 Seen violent movies
 Bm
 Seen how it could be
 F#m                             A
 I tried, tried to fix your heart
 D
 You thief, pat my pockets
  Bm
 Now I'm feeling heartless
  F#m                           A
 I tried, tried to pull us apart

 [CHORUS]
                          D
 What would it take to bleach you?
                         Bm
 What would it take to undo?
                    F#m                   A
 Five Hennessys to drink you out my mind
                        D
 What would it have to come to?
                     Bm
 Stuck to me like a tattoo
                 F#m              A
 No remedy to leave you glorified
D Bm F#m A	

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[VERSE TWO]
 D
 You throw the dice as if I were the losing game
  Bm                                       F#m
 And every time you ask, I say I'm okay, babe
 F#m                      A
 Lying in a thousand flames, but
 A
 I still tell you that I'm okay
 D
 It was devotion
  D                        Bm
 I drank every potion you gave me
                                     F#m
 And now you say you think we're different
  F#m                     A
 And maybe we can just fuck, oh
 
 [PRE-CHORUS]
    D
 Bleed, but you don't notice (Oh, you don't notice)
 Bm
 I was always honest (Hey)
        F#m                   A
 But you, you just love to lie (Oh, you just love to lie)	

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 [CHORUS]
                          D
 What would it take to bleach you?
                         Bm
 What would it take to undo?
                    F#m                   A
 Five Hennessys to drink you out my mind
                        D
 What would it have to come to?
                     Bm
 Stuck to me like a tattoo
                 F#m              A
 No remedy to leave you glorified
  D Bm F#m A  
   
 [OUTRO]
  A                 D
 (I'm just gonna bleach you)
    D                          Bm
 Bleach you like a bone in a brook (I'm just gonna bleach you, oh)
   F#m                         A
 Bleach you like a bone in a brook
    D                            Bm
 Bleach you like a bone in a brook (Ah)
    F#m                            A
 Bleach you like a bone in a brook	

How to play Bleach: key, chords and progression

This is the chords of Bleach by Ellie Goulding on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

Bleach by Ellie Goulding is centred on D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). The song uses 4 chords: D, Bm, F#m and A.

Listen for D – Bm – F#m – A (I – vi – iii – V in D major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – lah – mi – soh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes C, Am, Em, G (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
Bm chord on guitar (x24432)
BmB D F♯
F#m chord on guitar (244222)
F♯mF♯ A C♯
A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E

Bleach chords: questions

What key is Bleach in?

Bleach by Ellie Goulding is centred on D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯).

What chords are in Bleach?

Bleach uses 4 chords: D, Bm, F#m, A.

What is the chord progression of Bleach?

The main progression is D – Bm – F#m – A (I – vi – iii – V).

Is Bleach easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes C, Am, Em, G (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo).

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