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Fontaines D.C. – Oh Such A Spring Chord Progression on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
D#m C# B F#
D#m C# B

[Verse 1]
D#m
Down by the docks
C#
The weather was fine
B                         F#
The sailors were drinking 
American wine

[Pre-Chorus]
D#m                 C#        B
And I wished I could go back to 
spring again

[Verse 2]
D#m
Now they're all gone
C#
That's life moving on
B                          F#
Some stayed behind to get drunk
 on the song

[Pre-Chorus]
D#m                 C#        B
And they wish they could go back
 to spring again

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[Chorus]
F#         C#   B
Oh, such a spring
F#         C#   B
Oh, such a spring
F#         C#   B
Oh, such a spring

[Verse 3]
D#m
The noise of the town
C#
The salt in the air
B                         F#
It plays all around but I no
 longer care

[Pre-Chorus]
D#m                 C#       
And I wish I could go back to
 B
 spring again

[Chorus]
F#         C#   B
Oh, such a spring
F#         C#   B
Oh, such a spring
F#         C#   B
Oh, such a spring

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[Bridge]
B        F#
They try words
B        F#
And down through the years
B        F#
It all turns to tears
D#m C# B
They don't know
D#m C# B
But they try anyway

[Verse 4]
D#m
The clouds cleared up
C#
The sun hit the sky
B                           
I watched all the folks go to 
  F#
work just to die

[Outro]
D#m                 C#        B
And I wished I could go back to 
spring again

How to play Oh Such A Spring: key, chords and progression

This is the chords of Oh Such A Spring by Fontaines D.C. on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

Oh Such A Spring by Fontaines D.C. sits in E♭ minor (six sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯, E♯), and you need 4 chords to play it: D#m, C#, B and F#.

Listen for D#m – C# – B – F# (i – VII – VI – III in E♭ minor): the song comes back to it again and again. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes Bm, A, G, D (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 0% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.