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Japanese Breakfast – Skinny Love Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsAm C G Am7 Dm7 Gsus4 Fmaj7 Em F CM7

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[Intro]
Am C
Am C
Am C
G Am C

[Verse 1]
Am7             C
Come on, skinny love,
just last the year
Am7           C
Pour a little salt,
we were never here
     Am       C
My my my, my my my, my my
               Dm7
Staring at the sink 
   Gsus4            Am      C
of blood and crushed veneer
Am          C
  I tell my love to wreck it all
Am             C
Cut out all the ropes and let me fall
      Am        C
My my my, my my my, my my
             Dm7    Gsus4
Right at the moment,
            Fmaj7
this order's  tall

[Chorus]
      C
And I told you to be patient
      Em             F
And I told you to be fine
      C
And I told you to be balanced
      G              Am
And I told you to be kind
           C
And in the morning
I'll be with you
            G              F
But it will be a different kind
               C
‘Cause I'll be holding
all the tickets
              G              Am
And you'll be owning all thе fines

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[Interlude]
C CM7

[Verse 2]
Am       C
Come on, skinny love,
what happеned here?
Am            C
Suckle on the hope
in light brassieres
      Am        C
My my my, my my my, my my
              G
Sullen load is full,
              F
so slow on the split

[Chorus]
      C
And I told you to be patient
      Em             F
And I told you to be fine
      C
And I told you to be balanced
      G              Am
And I told you to be kind
        C
And now all your love is wasted
         Em               F
And then who the hell was I?
        C
And I'm breaking at the britches
           G               Am
And at the end of all your lines

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[Outro]
Am          C
   Who will love you?
                Am
Who will fight?
         C
Who will fall far behind?

[Outro]
Am C
Am C
Am C
F C G
Am C

How to play Skinny Love: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Skinny Love by Japanese Breakfast on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Skinny Love by Japanese Breakfast keeps coming home to C major (no sharps or flats). You need 10 chords: Am, C, G, Am7, Dm7, Gsus4, Fmaj7, Em, F and CM7.

The progression the song keeps returning to is C – G – Am – C (I – V – vi – I in C major). In solfa, that is doh – soh – lah – 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.