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Jamie Webster – Grinding The Gears Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

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[Intro]
C C F F
Dm F C C

[Verse 1]
C C
Now and then I don’t feel like talkin’,
F F Dm
my head’s a blur, my feet won’t stop walkin’ round
F C C
I think I must be coming down.

[Verse 2]
C C
Can’t seem to shake this feel of tension
F F Dm
A great suspense of this new dimension falls
F C C
I need to think beyond these walls.

[Verse 3]
C C
From time to time if gets a little bit scary,
F F
oh, how life can be so contrary;
Dm F C C
this, it’s all I’ve wanted, am I takin’ the piss?

[Chorus]
F
Sometimes I like to look outside,
Am
it makes me feel that there’s an easier way;
F
I guess it makes no sense to run and hide,
G Gsus4 G
you gotta face it at the end of the day.

[Verse 4]
C C
It’s all games and it’s all confusion,
F F
made that way to recreate illusion;
Dm F C C
Don’t let go, you’re knowing more than you know.

[Verse 5]
C C
‘Cause life can knock you down and it won’t warn you,
F F
but there’s another day around the corner;
Dm F C C
you, you got what it takes to pull on through.

[Chorus]
F
Sometimes I like to look outside,
Am
it makes me feel that there’s an easier way;
F
I guess it makes no sense to run and hide,
G Gsus4 G
you gotta face it at the end of the day.

[Outro]
Am F C C E/B
Well maybe it’s time to start Grinding the Gears.
Am F C C E/B
Well maybe it’s time to go make my way.
Am G C G/B Am Am
Feeling unknown, take me car from the side of the road.
F G C C
Take the blinkers off me kipper and go seize the day.
F G C C
Take the blinkers off me kipper and go seize the day.

How to play Grinding The Gears: key, chords and progression

This is the chords of Grinding The Gears by Jamie Webster on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

Grinding The Gears by Jamie Webster is centred on C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 8 chords: C, F, Dm, Am, G, Gsus4, E/B and G/B.

The progression the song keeps returning to is C – F – Dm – F (I – IV – ii – IV in C major). In solfa, that is doh – fah – reh – 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.