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Ellie Goulding – Brightest Blue Chord Progression on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsF Em G Dm

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 [INTRO]
  F Em F G    F Em F Em
 
 [VERSE ONE]
 F
 Everything is heightened now
 F
 It's looking so much brighter now
 Em
 I was lost and now I'm found
 Em
 Fell off the merry-go-round
 F
 I was into politics
 F
 Obsessed with things I couldn't fix
 Em
 Kissing bigger with a fist
 Em
 Addicted to the thrill of it

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[PRE-CHORUS]
            F
 And with these
 F
 Colors fading, people changing feelings
 F
 Faking some kind of love
  Em
 A different flavor, seek the danger
 Feel new life rush into my blood
 Dm
 Illuminated, never shaded
 Dm                                 Em
 See the future when I look in the sky
 Em                   G
 When I look in the sky
 G
 You give me, you give me

 [CHORUS]
                F               Em
 The brightest blue (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
                F
 The brightest blue (Ooh)
      Em
 Tonight (Ooh, ooh)
                       F                 Em
 Give me the brightest blue (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
                 F
 The brightest blue (Ooh)
      G
 So bright (Ooh, ooh)

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[POST-CHORUS]
   F   Em 
 Ooh, ooh
 F     G
 Ooh, ooh
 
 [VERSE TWO]
         F
 There's no blue in the odyssey
  F
 Even in the calmest seas
  Em
 Now it's all I wanna be
 Em
 A semi-precious mystery
  F
 Yeah, I love me more than you
  F
 Doesn't mean I can't be true
  G
 Slip into the blue lagoons
  G
 I could be your muse

 
 [PRE-CHORUS]
 F
 Times are hard, people scarred
 F
 We don't know if we're gonna fight
 Em
 Break a heart, play the card
 Em
 We just came along for the ride
      Dm
 But in the dark, you're the spark
  Dm                                 Em
 See the future when I look in your eyes
   Em              G
 'Cause you've given me
  G
 You give me, you give me

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 [CHORUS]
                F               Em
 The brightest blue (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
                F
 The brightest blue (Ooh)
      Em
 Tonight (Ooh, ooh)
                       F                 Em
 Give me the brightest blue (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
                 F
 The brightest blue (Ooh)
      G
 So bright (Ooh, ooh)

 [POST-CHORUS]
   F   Em 
 Ooh, ooh
 F     G
 Ooh, ooh
 F Em F G

 [BRIDGE]
   F                           G
 Don't you worry about the future
 G                            Em
 'Cause this is the blue evolution
 Em                                F
 I don't think this love's an illusion
 F
 So let's wake up
  F                            G
 Don't you worry about the future
 G                           Em
 'Cause this is the blue evolution
 Em                            F
 I finally see you're my greatest
  F
 You're my greatest revelation
 
 [CHORUS]
                F               Em
 The brightest blue (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
                F
 The brightest blue (Ooh)
      Em
 Tonight (Ooh, ooh)
                       F                 Em
 Give me the brightest blue (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
                 F
 The brightest blue (Ooh)
      G
 So bright, oh (Ooh, ooh)
 
 [POST-CHORUS]
   F   Em 
 Ooh, ooh
 F     G
 Ooh, ooh

How to play Brightest Blue: key, chords and progression

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

Brightest Blue by Ellie Goulding is centred on C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 4 chords: F, Em, G and Dm.

The progression the song keeps returning to is F – Em – F – G (IV – iii – IV – V in C major). In solfa, that is fah – mi – fah – soh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

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