Jan162018

Hailee Steinfeld – Capital Letters Chord Progression on Piano, Guitar, Ukulele and Keyboard

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This is the chord progression of Hailee Steinfeld – Capital Letters on piano, guitar, ukulele and keyboard.

[Intro]
C Em
Am Am

[Verse 1: Hailee Steinfeld]
C
Never was a leader
Em
Never had a thing for fairytales
C Am
Not really a believer, oh-oh
G C
Small voice in the quiet
Guess I never dared to know myself
Am
Can my heart beat quiet? No

[Pre-Chorus: Hailee Steinfeld]
G F
But then there was you (but then there was you)
Dm
Yeah, then there was you
Pull me out of the crowd
Am
You were telling the truth (you were telling the truth)
G
Yeah (yeah, yeah)
F
I got something to say now
Dm
‘Cause you tell me that there’s no way I couldn’t go
Nothing I couldn’t do
Yeah

[Post-Chorus: Hailee Steinfeld]
F
For worst or for better
G
Gonna give it to you
N.C.
In capital letters

[Verse 2: Hailee Steinfeld]
C
We put a crack in the shadows
And you tell me it’s okay to be the light
Am
And not to swim in the shallows
No, no
C
And I wanna get drunk with you
When we lie so still, but you’re taking me places
Am
Holding me onto you
And we don’t care who’s watching us, baby

[Post-Chorus: Hailee Steinfeld]
F
For worst or for better
G
Gonna give it to you
Am C F C Dm G Em
In capital letters

[Post-Chorus: Hailee Steinfeld]
Am
In capital letters
F
In capital–
C Dm
Gonna give it to you
Gonna give it to you
Gonna give it to you

[Chorus: Hailee Steinfeld]
C
I want to get louder
Dm
I got to get louder
Am
We ’bout to go up baby, up we go
F
We ’bout to go up baby, up we go
C
We’re blowing out speakers
Dm
Our heart a little clearer
Am
We ’bout to go up baby, up we go
G
We ’bout to go up baby, up we go
C
I want to get louder
Dm
I got to get louder
Am
We ’bout to go up baby, up we go
F
We ’bout to go up baby, up we go
C
We’re blowing out speakers
Dm
Our heart a little clearer
Am
We ’bout to go up baby, up we go
G
We ’bout to go up baby, up we go

[Post-Chorus: Hailee Steinfeld]
F
For worst or for better
G
Gonna give it to you
C
In capital letters.

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How to play Capital Letters: key, chords and progression

Capital Letters by Hailee Steinfeld is centred on C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 6 chords: C, Em, Am, G, F and Dm.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Dm – Am – G – F (ii – vi – V – IV in C major). In solfa, that is reh – lah – soh – fah. 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.