Sep282024

Gracie Abrams – Cool Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Verse 1]
C
I’m not offended,
 I never was
F
I said I lied to
your face,
Am7
 you can suck
 it up
G
I’m acting bored,
its my right
C
after all the love,
F              Am7
that you bombed
G
Kick back on your
 C
couch with a
glass of wine
Fmaj7
It's not the same
 as it was,
Am7
 between you and I
G
And time can do
something funny,
 C
it can change my
 mind
F         Am7
Thank god

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[Chorus]
G
  Now I'm so
Am7
cool,
        G
I'll be cool for
 the
 hell of it
C
You promised me
that
 you’d call
Em
but you never did
Am
Fool, im a fool
if the
   F
shoe fits
C
You probably met
up with dev and
G
said the same shit
Am
Calm down baby baby
calm down
C
Waited for your
walls to close on
 me,
F
and they did
Am
Spun round hate
the way
I spun round
C
All the way till
 I could
       F
barely breath


[Verse 2]
And im not
C
pretending in
the way you are
F
You run your hands
through your hair,
 Am
phoney superstar
G
And say you miss
 me your sad, yeah
            C
I bet you are
F            Am
And guess what
C
Wish that I
didn’t but
I know too much
F
Stranded Sadie
 and
Am7
Sarah and they
opened up
G
A waste of
running mascara,
thought we
wouldn’t
 talk
Fmaj7
Thought
       Am
wrong

[Chorus]
G
Now im so cool
and ill
  Am
be cool for
the hell of it
C
You paint a
picture of us
       Fmaj7
just to burn it
Fool, im a fool
Am7
if the
 shoe fits
C
I bet you met up
with Cass and
    Fmaj7
said the same
shit
Am
Calm down baby
baby
G
calm down
C
Waited for your
 walls
to close on me,
Fmaj7
and they did
Am
Spun round hate
 the way I
G
spun round
All the way
till
  C
I could
      Fmaj7
barely breath



[Bridge]
G
And oh Ill be
C
fine
         Am
ill just look for
the silver lining
C
Stay out of sight
C
Half my mind is
still occupied
Am
And killed for
a while
C
Stole my time
Fmaj7
Thanks a lot for
nothing
Am          C
Stop ill be fine,
      Fmaj7
ill be fine


[Chorus]
C       Am
Ill be cool,
      C
im so cool
for the hell
of it
C
Promised me
this
 was real
Fmaj7
but it wasn’t
Am
Fool, im a fool
if
    C
the shoe fits
C
You probably met
 up with
Fmaj7
Al and said the
same shit
Am
Calm down baby
     C
baby calm down
Dsus2
Waited for your
 walls
 to close on me,
F
and they did
Am7
Spun round hate
 the way I
C
spun round
All the way
till
 I could
       F
barely breath

Watch: Gracie Abrams - Cool (Official Lyric Video)

From GracieAbramsVEVO on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play Cool: key, chords and progression

Cool by Gracie Abrams is built around C major (no sharps or flats), with 8 chords in all: C, F, Am7, G, Fmaj7, Em, Am and Dsus2.

The progression the song keeps returning to is C – F – Am7 – G (I – IV – vi7 – V in C major), a pop progression that moves to the vi before resolving through V. In solfa, that is doh – fah – lah – soh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.