Apr292023

Illenium – Eyes Wide Shut Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsA E B C#m

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[Chorus 1]
  A     E
I say I love you
      B    C#m
but I don't
  A       E
I say I'm fine
              B  C#m
but I'm miserable

[Verse 1]
A
  I'm dead but you
E              B
probably can't tell
                 C#m
Been scaling the walls
               A
of the wishing well
                   E
My head is in the sky but
            B        C#m
I'm falling backwards   yeah

[Verse 2]
A
  And I crawl and I'm
E                B
wide awake in my dreams
              C#m
Wake up and I don't know
              A
what anything means
We're completely different
E
people than the
          B     C#m
people we wanted

[Refrain 1]
           A          E
Have we outgrown this city?
       B        C#m
I'm so tired Of wishing
B      A         E
I were somewhere different
               B
than where you are
With my eyes wide shut

[Chorus 2]
  A     E
I say I love you but
  B    C#m  A
I don't   I say I'm
E                     B
fine but I'm miserable
C#m         A
   Oh cause I don't get
E        B  C#m
high off you   anymore
   A           E
No I don't get high
    B  C#m
off you   anymore

[Verse 3]
A                  E
  Smiling into the mirror
       B
like a psychopath
                   C#m
Can't remember the last
                 A
time you made me laugh
Drying tears with my
E
lipstick You're the
            B       C#m
first on my hit list

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[Refrain 2]
           A          E
Have we outgrown this city?
       B        C#m
I'm so tired Of wishing
B      A         E
I were somewhere different
               B
than where you are
        C#m
With my eyes wide shut

[Chorus 3]
  A     E
I say I love you but
  B    C#m  A
I don't   I say I'm
E                     B
fine but I'm miserable
C#m         A
   Oh cause I don't get
E        B  C#m
high off you   anymore
   A           E
No I don't get high
    B  C#m
off you

[Bridge]
           A          E    B
Have we outgrown this city?
            A
Wish I were somewhere
E
different from where you
B              A
are Have we outgrown
     E    B        A
this city? Or have I gone
E              B    C#m
missing in the dark?

[Chorus 4/Outro]
  A     E
I say I love you but
  B     C#m           A
I don't but I don't I say I'm
E                 B
fine but I'm miserable I'm
C#m                A
miserable Oh cause I don't get
E        B  C#m
high off you   anymore
   A           E
No I don't get high
    B  C#m
off you

How to play Eyes Wide Shut: key, chords and progression

These are Eyes Wide Shut chords by Illenium, Avril Lavigne & Travis Barker on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Eyes Wide Shut by Illenium is written in C♯ minor (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯) and moves through 4 chords: A, E, B and C#m.

Most of the song cycles through A – E – B – C#m (VI – III – VII – i in C♯ minor). Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes G, D, A, Bm (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.