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Japanese Breakfast – Kokomo In Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Verse 1]
G                   Am
If I could throw my arms around you
Cm7              G
For just another day
Em         Am   Cm7      G
Maybe it’d feel like the first time
                D
Now that you’re away
          Am       Cm7      G
I’ll just spend my life not knowing
D        Am   Cm7
How it’d feel to...

[Verse 2]
G                            D
These days I can’t shake the awful
feeling
    Am                        G
I’m missing something I can’t place
        Am
Is that you?
            D
Manifesting like the fear
      A/D            C Bm
of an oven left on
D              Am
God, I felt so much back then
      Cm7
I was soft as a dune!

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[Chorus]
G           D
If ever you come back
Am           C
Wherever you find your way to
G                 D
And though it may not last
Am                  C
Just know that I’ll be here longing
G, D, Am, C x2

[Verse 3]
G                            D
I’ll wait, passing time just popping
wheelies
Am                     G
And kicking round this flyover state
         Am                  D
Watching you show off to the world
                 A/D         C Bm
the parts I fell so hard for
A/D                  Am
God, I wish we could go back there
     Cm7
Left alone in my room
G           D           Am
I know they deserve you too
              Cm7
And maybe I’m not that worthy

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[Chorus]
G           D
If ever you come back
Am           C
Wherever you find your way to
G                 D
And though it may not last
Am                  C
Just know that I’ll be here longing
G           D
If ever you come back
Am           C
Wherever you find your way to
G                 D
And though it may not last
Am                 C
You know that I’ll be here always
G, D, Am, C

How to play Kokomo: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Kokomo In by Japanese Breakfast on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

To play Kokomo by Japanese Breakfast, think in G major (one sharp: F♯). It takes 8 chords: G, Am, Cm7, Em, D, A/D, C and Bm.

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

Good to know: Cm7 and Bm are the tricky part on guitar (barre or movable shapes). Slow the change down until it is clean; on piano and ukulele they are simpler.