Jun112023

Jason Isbell – If You Insist Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
F Am F Am
F C  G G

[Verse 1]
F                      Am
Are you looking to be alone
F
Or can I sit with
      Am
you awhile?
F
I don't want to be a
 C
stranger anymore
              G
And you won't even
have to smile
F                     Am
We can talk about the rain
F                 Am
How it can't seem to stop
F
Something stupid like
     C
the football game
         G
Or I can tell you
where to shop

[Chorus]
G                    F
We're running out of options
             Am
It's time to close the tab
       F               G
If you insist on being lonely
                    Am
Let me put you in a cab

[Verse 2]
F
Are you looking for
           Am
 something easy?
F                    Am
Do you need to feel alive?
F
Do you crave a love that
 C
 tears through your life
        G
like a Category 5?
F                    Am
My momma spent every day alone
F
In a house with noise
 Am
and names
F
She got so tired of
         C
 putting out fires
         G
She just laid down
in the flames

[Chorus]
G                    F
We're running out of options
                  Am
I've told you all my jokes
       F               G
If you insist on being lonely
                       Am
Can you leave a couple smokes?

[Bridge]
F C F C
F C G G

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[Verse 3]
F                      Am
I could lie to you all night
F                  Am
Say I saw you in a dream
F
We don't have to get to
 C
 know each other better
       G
Let it be just how it seems
F
I won't ask you for
      Am
your number
F
Don't even need to
      Am
know your name
F                      C
I'm too tired to get excited
            G
And I'm too old to be ashamed

[Chorus]
G                    F
We're running out of options
                   Am
I'll give you time to think
       F               G
If you insist on being lonely
                         Am
Let me leave you to your drink
Em F  C G
E7 Am G F

[Chorus]
G                    F
We're running out of options
                      Am
I'll wait outside the door
       F               G
If you insist on being lonely
                      Am
I might wait a minute more

[Outro]
F C  F C
F Am G G

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How to play If You Insist: key, chords and progression

These are If You Insist chords by Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

If You Insist by Jason Isbell sits in A minor (no sharps or flats), and you need 6 chords to play it: F, Am, C, G, Em and E7.

Listen for G – F – Am – F (VII – VI – i – VI in A minor): the song comes back to it again and again. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

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