Gorillaz – The Pink Phantom Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Gorillaz – The Pink Phantom Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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This is the chords of The Pink Phantom by Gorillaz feat. Elton John and 6LACK on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
C   Am   C   Am

[Verse 1]
Am                           
You've more or less forgotten
    G               C     F
 to me this summer
 Am                G  
I can’t try to hide my
             C     F
 disappointment
 Am              G    
I was on my way in the 
              C
phantom fire
 Am          G        F
The one you gave away

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[Verse 2: 6LACK & 2-D]
 Am                       G
Try to tell you that I love 
           C        F
you but Im choked up
 Am                       G 
You forgot and that makes me
           C          F
 feel like no one (Some times)
  Am                       G 
Did you ever really feel? Did
          C          F
 you ever really feel?
  Am                       G 
Wait, I got so many examples 
          C           F
of all of the good times we had
  Am                      G       
Long summer nights (Summer nights),
     C           F
 I loved you long time
   Am                    G
Put your name in my rhyme, 
          C        F
refresh your memory
     Am               G  
The way you wanna be, the
          C          F
 phantom's on the way
  Am             G         F
She's comin’ down the street

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[Chorus]
 Am                     G
I tried to get to Atlanta
 C                       F
On a peach blossom highway
 Am                    
I'm tryin' to put these 
       G            C  F
puzzles out of mind
  Am                     G
In a sky made of diamonds
 C                    F
Where the world fell silent
 Am                 G  
I'll be waiting for you
              F
 on the outside
   Am         G       C 
Summer nights (Everyday, 
        F
everyday)
  Am           G       C 
Sometimes (Ride where the 
        F
summer goes)
 Am        G
Summer nights
 C          F
Every night
 Am     G    F
Summer nights

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[Chorus]
Am                      G
I tried to say I love you
 C                    F
But you didn't listen (Sometimes)
  Am                        G   
Tried to give you everything you
           F
 might need (Summer nights)
 Am                      G
In a sky made of diamonds
 C                        F
And where the world is flawless
  Am                  G 
I'll be waiting for you 
                F
on the other side

[Break]
Am               
Of summer nights,
                G
 summer nights
C                          F
Hold it in for a long time
Am                      
Summer light seems to be
           G
 I'm in a dream
                        F
Oh, these summer lights

[Outro]
 Am        G         C    F
The phantom is coming
 Am        G         C   
You forgot and that makes
                 F
 me feel like no one
  Am       G          C       F
She's crossing over the light
  Am             G         
Wait, I got so many examples
       C                          F
 of all of the good times we had
   Am            G              
Seems to me I’m in a dream (Long 
  C                           F
summer nights, I loved you long time
   Am             G      
Put your name in my phone, 
            C           F
refresh your memory)
    Am                 G               
And I have these summer nights (The way
            C                     F
 you wanna be, the phantom’s run away
She's comin’ down the street)
    F
Sometimes

How to play The Pink Phantom: key, chords and progression

The Pink Phantom by Gorillaz is written in C major (no sharps or flats) and moves through 4 chords: C, Am, G and F.

Most of the song cycles through Am – G – C – F (vi – V – I – IV in C major). In solfa, that is lah – soh – doh – fah. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, Em, D, C (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
Am chord on guitar (x02210)
AmA C E
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C

The Pink Phantom chords: questions

What key is The Pink Phantom in?

The Pink Phantom by Gorillaz is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats).

What chords are in The Pink Phantom?

The Pink Phantom uses 4 chords: C, Am, G, F.

What is the chord progression of The Pink Phantom?

The main progression is Am – G – C – F (vi – V – I – IV).

Is The Pink Phantom easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, Em, D, C (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo).

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