Jul12022

Imagine Dragons – Crushed Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsEm G D A

KeyKeyCapo

View

[Intro]
Em G D
Em G D A

[Verse 1]
     Em
I suppose
         G
She's supposed to be
  D
Exactly what you want her to be
              Em
So pretty and pink
             G
Necklace and ring
                     D
To be heard is to be seen
       A
That’s not who I am

[Chorus]
     Em
She said I can feel,
      G
I can feel too much
      D
And I wish I'd go away, go away
                 Em       G
'Cause this is crushing me,
       D         A
it's crushing me

Check out Musical Tips from our BLOG

[Verse 2]
          Em
Don’t you know?
         G
What you don't ever say
D         A
[?] your [?]
           Em
Pretty and red
             G
Eyes are all dead
              D
Did they ever say?
              A
Stuck in your head
           Em
Silence is deafening
G                  D
 And your heart is bleeding out
D                              Em
They don't care, no they never care
      G            D
at all, they never care at all
       A
That's not who I am

[Chorus]
     Em
She said I can feel,
      G
I can feel too much
      D
And I wish I'd go away, go away
                 Em       G
'Cause this is crushing me,
       D         A
it's crushing me
  Em       G        D
Crushing me, it's crushing me

Feel free to use our free Chord Shape Generator to see every chord in this song on guitar, ukulele and piano.

[Bridge]
Em G
         D
She just wants to be free
A
Take it or leave it
Em             G
Eyes, like the sunrise,
         D
colorful rainbow

[Chorus]
     Em
She said I can feel,
      G
I can feel too much
      D                     A
And I wish I'd go away, go away
                 Em       G
'Cause they're crushing me,
  D        Em
crushing me
                  G
(I can feel, I can feel too much)
D          A        Em
 They're crushing me
                   G
 (I can feel, I can feel too much)
D               Em      G
Crushing me, crushing me,
  D     A
crushing on me

[Outro]
Em G
D                Em G D A
Crush down on me

How to play Crushed: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Crushed by Imagine Dragons on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Crushed by Imagine Dragons keeps coming home to D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). You need 4 chords: Em, G, D and A.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Em – G – D – A (ii – IV – I – V in D major). In solfa, that is reh – fah – doh – soh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.