This is the chord progression of Im So Sad by gnash on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.
[Intro] AEF#mD
[Chorus 1] AE
I’m so sad right now F#m
Too late, calm down D
I’m so sad right now A
I’m so sad right now E
I’m so sad right now F#m
I’m so sad right now D
And I’m so sad right now A
I’m so sad right now
[Chorus 2] E
I’m so sad right now F#m
Too late, calm down
If I make it throught the night, I’mma be alright DA
But I’m so sad right now
E
So long, old friend F#m
We’ll meet again D
Sometime, somehow A
I’m so sad right now
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[Bridge] E
I miss having fun, I miss my mom and dad F#m
I miss being happy, I miss what we had D
But most of all I miss the feelings that I used to have A
I wish someone could tell me why I’m so fucking sad
[Chorus 3] E
Sometimes I get F#m
So sad, I cry D
I don’t know why A
I’m so sad right now
E
I’m so sad right now F#m
Too late, calm down D
I’m so sad right now A
I’m so sad right now
[Post-Chorus]
It’s okay to be sad sometimes E
It’s okay to be sad sometimes, yeah F#m
It’s okay to be sad sometimes D
It’s okay to be sad sometimes, yeah
[Outro]
|A |E |F#m E|D
How to play Im So Sad: key, chords and progression
Im So Sad by gnash is in the key of A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯). The song uses 4 chords: A, E, F#m and D.
The progression the song keeps returning to is A – E – F#m – D (I – V – vi – IV in A major), the “four-chord” progression behind countless pop, rock and worship songs. In solfa, that is doh – soh – lah – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.
Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes G, D, Em, C (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.
