Oct82018

Jason Isbell – Maybe Its Time Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

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This is the chord progression of Maybe Its Time by Jason Isbell on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Chorus]
G
Maybe it’s time to let the old ways die
C G
Maybe it’s time to let the old ways die
C
It takes a lot to change a man
G F# Em
Hell, it takes a lot to try
D C G
Maybe it’s time to let the old ways die

[Verse 1]
G
Nobody knows what waits for the dead
C G
Nobody knows what waits for the dead
C
Some folks just believe in the things
G F# Em
they’ve heard and things they read
D C G
Nobody knows what awaits for the dead

[Verse 2]
C G
I’m glad I can’t go back to where I came from
C G
I’m glad those days are gone, gone for good
C G F# Em D
But If I could take spirits from my past and bring them here you know I would
C
Know I would

[Verse 3]
G
Nobody speaks to God these days
C G
Nobody speaks to God these days
C G F# Em
I’d like to think he’s lookin’ down and laughin’ at our ways
D C G
Nobody speaks to God these days

[Verse 4]
C G
When I was a child they tried to fool me
C G
Said the worldly man was lost and that a Hell was real
C
But I’ve seen Hell in Reno
G F# Em D
And this world’s one big old Catherine wheel
C G
Spinning steel

How to play Maybe Its Time: key, chords and progression

Maybe Its Time by Jason Isbell is built around G major (one sharp: F♯), with 5 chords in all: G, C, F#, Em and D.

The progression the song keeps returning to is G – C – G – F# (I – IV – I – VII in G major). In solfa, that is doh – fah – doh – te. 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.