Glass Animals – Tangerine Chord Progression on Piano & Ukulele

Glass Animals – Tangerine Chord Progression on Piano & Ukulele

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This is the chords of Tangerine by Glass Animals on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
Fmaj7 G
Fmaj7 G
Fmaj7 G

[Verse 1]
   Fmaj7                            
As cold as an old ice cream sandwich,
                G
 as focused as Mr. Miyagi
     Fmaj7                           
You poke at your phone posting aerial
         G
 photos of you and your smoothie
 Fmaj7                          
I can't keep on making you happy
                 G
 'cause you got issues with your daddy
  Fmaj7                          
I miss ramen noodles and laughing
                 G
 at you and your gran in home movies

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[Pre-Chorus]
    Dm
But I wish I could show you 
more of yourself
G
I wish I could make you somebody else
Dm
But I left it way too late
G
Are you stuck in your own ways?
(I'm begging)

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[Chorus]
Fmaj7
Hands, knees, please, tangerine,
 come on back to me
G
You got what I need, tangerine,
 do this for me
Fmaj7
Hands, knees, please, tangerine,
 sugar, honey, sweet
G                         Fmaj7 G
Got what I need, tangerine

[Verse 2]
Fmaj7                            
You let the devil in, and all you 
                       G
talk is money, money, money, 
money, money
                                     Fmaj7
It's so funny how it changes how you feel
How you see, how you need, how you sleep
         G
All your freedom, caffeine,
 how you're looking at me
      Fmaj7
But I love it when the light
 sits on you just right
G
Tiny tangerine speckles painted
 in your eyes

[Chorus]
Fmaj7
Hands, knees, please, tangerine,
 come on back to me
G
You got what I need, tangerine,
 do this for me
Fmaj7
Hands, knees, please, tangerine,
 sugar, honey, sweet
G
Got what I need, tangerine

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[Bridge]
Fmaj7 G
       (Oh my God)
Fmaj7 G
       (Drop the beat)

[Verse 3]
            Fmaj7
You've been dreamlessly sleepin'
 for years
                      G
Super clear since the late 1990s
Fmaj7
You only look at me properly now
            G
When you're drunk watching movies
      Fmaj7
Where are you? What happened?
 I want what we had
          G
Where you gone? Where you hidin'?
     Fmaj7                          
It's 2:23, you got Friends on repeat,
       G
 on repeat, on repeat, on repeat, on repeat, on re—

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[Pre-Chorus]
Dm                                   Em
I wish I could show you more of yourself
G
I wish I could make you somebody else
Dm                         Em
But I left it way too late
G
Are you stuck in your own ways? 
(I'm begging)

[Bridge]
Fmaj7
Hands, knees, please, tangerine, 
come on back to me
G
Got what I need, tangerine, 
do this for me
Fmaj7
Hands, knees, please, tangerine,
 sugar, honey, sweet
G
Got what I need, tangerine
Fmaj7
Hands, knees, please, tangerine, 
come on back to me
G
Got what I need, tangerine, 
do this for me
Fmaj7
Hands, knees, please, tanger—
G
Tangerine

[Chorus]
              Fmaj7
(I'm beggin') Hands, knees, 
please, tangerine, come on back to me
    G
You got what I need, tangerine, 
do this for me
Fmaj7
Hands, knees, please, tangerine,
 sugar, honey, sweet
G
Got what I need, tangerine (Woah)

How to play Tangerine: key, chords and progression

To play Tangerine by Glass Animals, think in C major (no sharps or flats). It takes 4 chords: Fmaj7, G, Dm and Em.

Listen for G – Fmaj7 – G – Dm (V – IVmaj7 – V – ii in C major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is soh – fah – soh – reh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.

Chord diagrams

Fmaj7 chord on guitar (xx3210)
Fmaj7F A C E
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
Dm chord on guitar (xx0231)
DmD F A
Em chord on guitar (022000)
EmE G B

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Tangerine chords: questions

What key is Tangerine in?

Tangerine by Glass Animals is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats).

What chords are in Tangerine?

Tangerine uses 4 chords: Fmaj7, G, Dm, Em.

What is the chord progression of Tangerine?

The main progression is G – Fmaj7 – G – Dm (V – IVmaj7 – V – ii).

Is Tangerine easy to play on guitar?

Yes. Every chord is an open chord, so it suits beginners.

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