Apr262018

J. Cole – Kevins Heart Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression

ChordsF#m D A

KeyKeyCapo

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This is the chord progression of Kevins Heart by J. Cole on Piano, Guitar, Ukulele and Keyboard.

[Pre-Chorus]
F#m
She my number one, I don’t need nothing on the side
D A
Said that I was done for good and don’t want no more lies
F#m
But my phone be blowing up, temptations on my line
D A
I stare at the screen a while before I press decline
F#m
But she plants a seed and it still lingers in my mind
D A
Told myself I’m strong enough to shake it and I’m trying
F#m
But I’m only human, I know loving you’s a crime
D A
If I take this cookie now one day I’ll do the time

[Chorus]
F#m
Slip me a xanny at once (somebody)
I got the earth in a blunt (smoke)
D
I get the skirt when I want (skrrt!)
A
I get the skirt when I want (skrrt!)
F#m
Due to the money aroma (somebody)
My girl she got a diploma (smoke)
D
She got wife written all over
A
She got wife written all over

[Verse 1]
F#m
All a nigga know is how to fuck a good thing up
Run from the pain, sip lean, smoke tree up
D
When I’m in your town press pound hit me up
A
When I’m in your town press pound hit me up
F#m
Only if you down and you slurp good D up
If the work good I’ll be back for the re-up
D
Hate when I creep and the phone wake me up
A
Fake like I’m sleep knowing damn well I be up
F#m
Monkey on my back and I walk a hundred miles
Guilt make a nigga feel fake when he smile
D
Love get confused in the mind of a child
A
‘Cause love wouldn’t lie like I lie and it’s wild
F#m
Wanna have my cake and another cake too

Even if the baker don’t bake like you
D
Even when the flavor don’t taste like you
A
So I’m back mobbing with the late night crew
F#m
All in your mind with fears that would come true
D A
The back of my mind, the back of my mind was you
F#m
Wishing that I could blind myself from view
And only have eyes, and only have eyes for you

[Bridge]
F#m
I’m a fake nigga and it’s never been clearer
Can’t see myself when I look in the mirror
D
Can’t see myself when I look in the mirror
A
Can’t see myself when I look in the mirror
F#m
I’m a fake nigga and it’s never been clearer
Can’t see myself when I look in the mirror
D
Can’t see myself when I look in the mirror
A
Can’t see myself when I look in the mirror

[Pre-Chorus]
F#m
She my number one, I don’t need nothing on the side
D A
Said that I was done for good and don’t want no more lies
F#m
But my phone be blowing up, temptations on my line
D A
I stare at the screen a while before I press decline
F#m
But she plants a seed and it still lingers in my mind
D A
Told myself I’m strong enough to shake it and I’m trying
F#m
But I’m only human, I know loving you’s a crime
If I take this cookie now one day I’ll do the time

[Verse 2]
F#m
I love her, I don’t want to lose her
I’m selfish, I know that I use her
D
My ego get stroked and I bruise her
A
My ego get stroked and I bruise her
F#m
My actions I know they confusin’
At home I look happy as usual
D
On the road I’m a mack, I’m a chooser
A
I’m a addict, I’m maskin’ that
Kevin’s Heart

[Other]
They tell me “What’s done in the dark
Will find a way to shine”
I done did so much that when you see you might go blind
What’s done in the dark will always find a way to shine
I done did so much that when you see you might go blind

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How to play Kevins Heart: key, chords and progression

Kevins Heart by J. Cole is built around D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯), with 3 chords in all: F#m, D and A.

Most of the song cycles through F#m – D – A – F#m (iii – I – V – iii in D major). In solfa, that is mi – doh – soh – mi. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes Em, C, G (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 67% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.