This is the chord progression of So Real by So Real on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.
[Verse 1]
Edim Em Bm/D – F#m/A – G – C5 – B5/G
Love, let me sleep tonight on your couch
Edim Em Bm/D – F#m/A – G – C5 – B5/G
And remember the smell of the fabric of your simple city dress
[Chorus] C6D9
Oh… that was so real C6D9
Oh… that was so real
C6 D9 Edim – Em – Bm/D – F#m/A – G – C5 – B5/G
Oh… that was so real
[Verse 2]
Edim Em Bm/D – F#m/A – G – C5 – B5/G
We walked around til the moon got full like a plate
Edim Em Bm/D – F#m/A – G – C5 – B5/G
The wind blew an invocation and I fell asleep at the gate
Edim Em Bm/D – F#m/A – G – C5 – B5/G
And I never stepped on the cracks cause I thought I’d hurt my mother
Edim Em Bm/D – F#m/A – G – C5 – B5/G
And I couldn’t awake from the nightmare that sucked me in and pulled me under Pulled me under
[Chorus] C6D9
Oh… that was so real C6D9
Oh… that was so real C6D9D5
Oh… that was so real
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[Bridge]
Edim – Em
I love you,
Bm/D – F#m/A – G – C5 – B5/G
but I’m afraid to love you
Edim Em Bm/D – F#m/A – G
I love you, but I’m afraid to love you
C5 – B5/G
I’m afraid…
[Chorus] C6D9
Oh… that was so real C6D9
Oh… that was so real C6D9
Oh… that was so real
[Outro] A7sus2EmC#m7b5GG6sus2Bm9Bm7
How to play So Real: key, chords and progression
So Real by Jeff Buckley is written in G major (one sharp: F♯) and moves through 15 chords: Edim, Em, Bm/D, F#m/A, G, C5, B5/G, C6, D9, D5, A7sus2 and C#m7b5 and 3 more.
The progression the song keeps returning to is Edim – Em – Bm/D – F#m/A (vi° – vi – iii – vii in G major). In solfa, that is lah – lah – mi – te. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.
Good to know: Edim, Bm/D, F#m/A, B5/G and D9 are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.
