glass beach – Rare Animal Chords on Piano & Ukulele

glass beach – Rare Animal Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsEE/G#E6/C#F#m11C#mF#m11/EAEmaj7/BBA/C#A/CE6/CG#mGCmaj7F#m

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[Intro]
E E/G# E E6/C#
E E/G# E   E6/C# F#m11

E E/G# E E6/C#
E E/G# E   E6/C# F#m11

E E/G# E E6/C#
E E/G# E   E6/C# F#m11
E E E E E

[Verse 1]
E    C#m  F#m11/E
Guess I   maybe
 misunderstood
E        C#m
I mean I guess
   F#m11/E     A
I maybe had misspoke
E           C#m
We're living
 F#m11/E
 in two
          A
 different dialects
E             C#m
We're speaking
F#m11/E           A
 two different zip codes
[Bridge]
E/G# E E6/C# E
E/G# E E6/C# E

[Verse 2]
E        C#m
Gold star,  look me
F#m11/E   A
right in the eye
E              C#m
I mean gold star,
   F#m11/E
see the shapes on
       E    E
 the light-box?
E             C#m
It's sleepless   car
 F#m11/E   A
rides on anxious nights
E           C#m
It's nothing
   F#m11/E     A
 after nothing

[Bridge]
E/G# E E6/C# E
E/G# E E6/C# E
E E E E E/G#
A

[Pre-Chorus]
Thinking was he some gig
you had to quit in 1999
Thinking about the
  Emaj7/B
fireflies
on your back porch
in mid-July
          A     B
Thinking about if
                 A/C#
he keeps playing DB Cooper
A/C      E
 through her life
               E
Thinking about you

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[Chorus]
                E/G#
Thinking about you
 E E6/C# E  E/G#  E
          (Thinking
  E6/C#  E
 about you)
      E/G#    E  E6/C#
He's just sleepwalking
     E
on weary feet
E/G# E E6/C# E
Your headache,
 E/G# E E6/C# E
 Your absentee
  E/G#  E   E6/C#
(Don't get lost in
     E
a metaphor)
  E/G#  E   E6/C#
(Don't get lost in
     E
a metaphor)
  E/G#  E   E6/C# E
In a daydream
   E/G#  E      E6/C#
(Don't get lost in a
      E
 metaphor)

E6/C#   E6/C E E/G# E
Tectonic as all you do,
E6/C# E
 thinking about you
E
Thinking about you
G#m
Thinking about you
G E G B A G E

[Post-Chorus]
E
Parachute backpacks

and cash stacks
G E G B A G E
E
Abscond the plane
  G E G B A G E
E
No one was watching
G E G B A G E
E
He's lost in Pacific rain
 G E G B A G E
E
Run with the ransom
G E G B A G E
E
Head in a handgun
 G E G B A G E

Cmaj7 F#m11/E     G
Hey,       ah,   ah,
  F#m     B
 ah, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Cmaj7 F#m11/E     G
Hey,       ah,   ah,
  F#m     B
  ah, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
G E G B A G E

[Outro]
       E
Honey, tomorrow was
 C#m            B
all smoke and mirrors
     G E G B A G E
E           C#m
Tomorrow was all
             B
smoke and mirrors
G E G B A

Watch: glass beach - “rare animal” (Official Audio)

From Run For Cover Records on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play Rare Animal: key, chords and progression

These are Rare Animal chords by glass beach on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Rare Animal by glass beach sits in A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯), and you need 16 chords to play it: E, E/G#, E6/C#, F#m11, C#m, F#m11/E, A, Emaj7/B, B, A/C#, A/C and E6/C and 4 more.

Most of the song cycles through E – E/G# – E – E6/C# (V – V – V – V6 in A major). In solfa, that is soh – soh – soh – soh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes D, D6, Em11, Bm, G, Dmaj7, A, F#m, F, Bbmaj7 (55% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 36% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

E chord on guitar (022100)
EE G♯ B
E6 chord on guitar (x79999)
E6E G♯ B C♯
F#m11 chord on guitar (222220)
F♯m11F♯ A C♯ E G♯ B
C#m chord on guitar (x46654)
C♯mC♯ E G♯
A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E
Emaj7 chord on guitar (021100)
Emaj7E G♯ B D♯
B chord on guitar (x24442)
BB D♯ F♯
G#m chord on guitar (466444)
G♯mG♯ B D♯
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
Cmaj7 chord on guitar (x32000)
Cmaj7C E G B
F#m chord on guitar (244222)
F♯mF♯ A C♯

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Rare Animal chords: questions

What key is Rare Animal in?

Rare Animal by glass beach is in the key of A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯).

What chords are in Rare Animal?

Rare Animal uses 16 chords: E, E/G#, E6/C#, F#m11, C#m, F#m11/E, A, Emaj7/B, B, A/C#, A/C, E6/C and 4 more.

What is the chord progression of Rare Animal?

The main progression is E – E/G# – E – E6/C# (V – V – V – V6).

Is Rare Animal easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes D, D6, Em11, Bm, G, Dmaj7, A, F#m, F, Bbmaj7 (55% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 36% without a capo).

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