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Japanese Breakfast – Savage Good Boy Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
D
I want to be your man
(I want to be your s-)

[Verse 1]
                  Em
I want to be your man
          G              Em
I want to be your savage good boy
          G
I want to take care of you

[Verse 2]
D                Em
When everybody’s gone
            G
Want you to be the one
            Em
that I come home to
               G
The one that’s up waiting

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[Chorus]
A                  D
I want to make the money 'til
        Em            G
there's no more to be made
A                 D
And we will be so wealthy
      Em                 G
I'm absolved from questioning
A                  D
That all my bad behavior was
        Em          G
just a necessary strain
             A
They're the stakes in
    G           D
the race to win

[Verse 3]
D                    Em
I've got a five year plan
           G               Em
I've got a pension and six condos
                 G
A billion dollar bunker for two

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[Verse 4]
D                       Em
And when the city's underwater
       G
I will wine and dine you
       Em
in the hollows
                G
On a surplus of freeze dried food

[Chorus]
A                  D
I want to make the money 'til
        Em            G
there's no more to be made
A                     D
And as the last ones standing
         Em              G
we'll be tasked to repopulate
A                    D
And as you rear our children,
              Em          G
know it's the necessary strain
        A
They're the stakes
     G            D
in a race to live

[Outro]
Em G Em Gm D

How to play Savage Good Boy: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Savage Good Boy by Japanese Breakfast on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Savage Good Boy by Japanese Breakfast is centred on D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). The song uses 5 chords: D, Em, G, A and Gm.

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

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord here is an open shape on guitar: no capo, no barre chords needed.