Emma Hamel – Sound Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression

Emma Hamel – Sound Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression

ChordsG#FmBbmD#C#mC#FC

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This is the chord progression of Sound by Emma Hamel on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Verse 1]
G#                                          Fm
My mind is running at a hundered miles a minute
Bbm
So I’ll just let it run
D#                                                       C#m
There’s nothing left to do but let it make me lose my mind
G#                                                       Fm
You wanna talk but I’m caught up inside my head
Bbm
You mean well I can tell by the things you said
C#
But paranoia gets the best of me
C#m                                                                         G#
I’ll let you know when I can finally breathe again

[Pre-Chorus]
F
I’ve been contemplating complicating everything
Bbm
Wish I had a way to be fine
C#m
Wishing I could let it go quiet

[Chorus]
G#                   C
But I’m still drowning
Fm                                                       C#
I fall in deep and hear my head spin
G#                   C
Spiral further
Fm                                     C#
Down this hole I’ve dug myself in
G#                   C     Fm                   C#
Now what am I supposed to do
G#                   C                   Fm
I’ll say goodbye it’s nothing new
C#
Now there’s no one left around
C#m
Now all I have is sound

[Verse 2]
G#                                                       Fm
I want to listen to the words you say believe me
Bbm
But believing them is so hard to do
D#                                                       C#m
Cause maybe everything I think isn’t true

G#                                                                         Fm
So I keep you out cause I doubt that you’d want to stay
Bbm
Don’t come in no one wins cause you’ll run away
C#
I can’t let you see all my flaws
C#m
So I won’t let you through all my walls

[Pre-Chorus]
G#                                                                         F
I wish I could be what you want who you think you know
Bbm
I Wish that life could be how I planned
C#m
I Wish I wasn’t like how I am

[Chorus]
G#                                   C
Cause I’m still drowning
Fm                                       C#
I fall in deep and hear my head spin
G#                  C
Spiral further
Fm                                  C#
Down this hole I’ve dug myself in
G#   C                  Fm                  C#
Now what am I supposed to do
G#                  C                  Fm
I’ll say goodbye it’s nothing new
C#
Now there’s no one left around
C#m
Now all I hear is sound
And it sounds like

[Bridge]
G#      D#    Fm                  C#
Falling and breaking apart
G#     D#          Fm         C#
Trying and failing to start

Just words inside my head
C#m
Sound that never ends

[Chorus]
G# C
I’m still drowning
Fm C#
I fall in deep and hear my head spin
G# C
Spiral further
Fm C#
Down this hole I’ve dug myself in
G# C Fm C#
Now what am I supposed to do
G# C Fm
I’ll say goodbye it’s nothing new
C#
Now there’s no one left around
C#m
Now all I hear is sound
G#
All I have is sound

How to play Sound: key, chords and progression

Sound by Emma Hamel is in the key of A♭ major (four flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭). The song uses 8 chords: G#, Fm, Bbm, D#, C#m, C#, F and C.

Listen for G# – C – Fm – C# (I – III – vi – IV in A♭ major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – mi – lah – fah. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 1st fret and play the shapes G, Em, Am, D, Cm, C, E, B (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 13% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

G# chord on guitar (466544)
G♯G♯ B♯ D♯
Fm chord on guitar (133111)
FmF A♭ C
Bbm chord on guitar (x13321)
B♭mB♭ D♭ F
D# chord on guitar (x68886)
D♯D♯ G A♯
C#m chord on guitar (x46654)
C♯mC♯ E G♯
C# chord on guitar (x46664)
C♯C♯ E♯ G♯
F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C
C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G

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Sound chords: questions

What key is Sound in?

Sound by Emma Hamel is in the key of A♭ major (four flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭).

What chords are in Sound?

Sound uses 8 chords: G#, Fm, Bbm, D#, C#m, C#, F, C.

What is the chord progression of Sound?

The main progression is G# – C – Fm – C# (I – III – vi – IV).

Is Sound easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 1st fret and play the shapes G, Em, Am, D, Cm, C, E, B (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 13% without a capo).

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