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Fleet Foxes – Sunblind Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 9, 2026

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[Intro]
G

[Verse]
            Am
For Richard Swift
For John and Bill
For every gift lifted 
far before its will
          Am
Judee and Smith
For Berman too
I’ve met the myth hanging
 heavy over you
            Bm
I loved you long
You rose to go
             Am
Beneath you, songs, perfect angels
 in the snow
           Bm
So time to stage
Forget reserve
            Am
The type of great coronation you
 deserve

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[Bridge]
          C         Dadd4
I’m going out for a weekend
          C                  Dadd4
I’m gonna borrow a Martin or Gibson
            C                 
With Either/Or and The Hex for
    Dadd4
 my Bookends
         C                      Dadd4
Carrying every text that you’ve given

[Chorus]
          G          Am
I’m gonna swim for a week in
      G                  Am
Warm American Water with dear friends
         G                    Am
Swimming high on a lea in an eden
        G                      
Running all of the leads you’ve
      Am
 been leaving
Am

[Verse]
        Am
I’m overmatched (for Arthur Russell)
I’m half as wise (Duncan and Curtis)
If this is flat, brother I apologize
(Jimi and David, for Nick and Otis)
        Am
No one alone (For Bell and Buckley)
Can leave the cave (Marvin and Adam)
And all you’ve loaned
won’t be kept inside a grave
(for Arthur Russell, for Arthur Russell)

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[Chorus]
          G          Am
I’m gonna swim for a week in
      G                  Am
Warm American Water with dear
 friends
       G                    
Just intending that I would 
  Am
delight them
         G                   Am
Swimming high on a lea in an eden
G Am x2
G D5/A

[Interlude]
     C  Dadd4   C  Dadd4
So I dream    dream
     C  Dadd4   C  Dadd4
So I dream    dream

[Chorus]
          G          Am
I’m gonna swim for a week in
      G                  Am
Warm American Water with dear
 friends
         G                    Am
Swimming high on a lea in an eden
        G                       
Running all of the leads you’ve
     Am
 been leaving
            G                  
And in your rarified air I feel
 Am
 sunblind
            G                   
I’m looking up at you there high
    Am
 in my mind
     G                        Am
Only way that I made it for a long time
        G                         
But I’m loud and alive, singing you
  C        Dadd4
 all night
C Dadd4

[Outro]
G Am
G                  Am
Warm American Water
Em Am x2
Bm

How to play Sunblind: key, chords and progression

This is the chords of Sunblind by Fleet Foxes on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Sunblind by Fleet Foxes is centred on G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 7 chords: G, Am, Bm, C, Dadd4, D5/A and Em.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Dadd4 – C – Dadd4 – G (V – IV – V – I in G major). In solfa, that is soh – fah – soh – doh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: on guitar, Bm and Dadd4 need a barre or movable shape. Take the change into them slowly at first; piano and ukulele players have it easier.