Feb252023

Gorillaz feat. Stevie Nicks – Oil Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
Fmaj7

Bb Am Bb Am
Bb Am Bb Am
F Bb F Bb
F Bb F Bb

[Verse 1]
Bbmaj7                 Am7
      Then I put my codes
Bbmaj7               Am7
       in the machine
Bbmaj7                Am7
      But the world I found was
 Bbmaj7
made of faulty dreams
     Am7      F
(Of faulty dreams)

[Chorus]
F           Bb        F
I was on my own there, in
             Bb   F
 the psychic silence
F             Bb     F
I was looking out for some
       Bb
other kite to

[Verse 2]
Dm                Am
  Fly out of the doldrums
 Bbmaj7            Am7
  and recall the log
Bbmaj7           Am7
  From the early database
Bbmaj7           Am7      F
   of your love (Of your love)

[Chorus]
F              Bb    F
Fairy-like companions to
                 Bb      F
the dark maths that catapult
F         Bb      F
Us into imagined worlds,
               Bb    Dm
seems a mockery remote

[Verse 3]
Dm            Am          Dm
Interlocking cluster bombs,
                     Am  Dm
"Like drum and bass," I thought
Dm                 Am    Dm
Close the wells of poison, fill
               Bb F
 them up with love

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[Bridge]
F             Bb       F
  I was on my own there,
           Bb F
 I was all alone
F             Bb      F
I got lost, intangible,
 but that's the place you
 Bb    Dm
reach when
Dm                  Am
You can't help yourself
     Dm
anymore and the madness
  Am   Bbmaj7
 comes
Bbmaj7            Am7
You'll be falling into the
 Bbmaj7
    bass and drum
    Am7      F
(Bass and drum)

[Chorus]
F              Bb    F
Fairy-like companions to
                 Bb      F
the dark maths that catapult
F         Bb      F
Us into imagined worlds,
               Bb    Dm
 seems a mockery remote

[Verse 4]
Bbmaj7               Am7
   'Cause I got no choice
      Bbmaj7             Am7
 in it    and I'm not so cold
Bbmaj7              Am7
   I could look you in the
   Bbmaj7
eye and not recall
     Am7       F
(And not recall)

[Outro]
F Bb F Bb
F Bb F
       Don't think that my
             Bbmaj7
 heart is a sad affair
 Am7    Bbmaj7
  without you
Am7        Bbmaj7
Individual actions
   Am7      Bbmaj7
change the world
Am7               F Bb F Bb
Fill them up with love

F Bb F Bb Dm Am7

How to play Oil: key, chords and progression

These are chords by Gorillaz feat. Stevie Nicks on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Oil by Gorillaz feat. Stevie Nicks keeps coming home to F major (one flat: B♭). You need 7 chords: Fmaj7, Bb, Am, F, Bbmaj7, Am7 and Dm.

Listen for Am7 – Bbmaj7 – Am7 – F (iii7 – IVmaj7 – iii7 – I in F major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is mi – fah – mi – doh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes Cmaj7, F, Em, C, Fmaj7, Em7, Am (86% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 57% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

Oil chords: questions

What key is Oil in?

Oil by Gorillaz feat. Stevie Nicks is centred on F major (one flat: B♭).

What chords are in Oil?

Oil uses 7 chords: Fmaj7, Bb, Am, F, Bbmaj7, Am7, Dm.

What is the chord progression of Oil?

The main progression is Am7 – Bbmaj7 – Am7 – F (iii7 – IVmaj7 – iii7 – I).

Is Oil easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes Cmaj7, F, Em, C, Fmaj7, Em7, Am (86% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 57% without a capo).

How to play Oil: key, chords and progression

Chord diagrams

Oil chords: questions

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