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Jeff Loops – The Ferryman Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
Em G C/G Em G C/G

[Verse 1]
    Em           G            
The ferryman without streched 
        C/G
hands betrays a crooked heart
Em                G       
He don't have the answers,
       C/G
 he is told
   Em              G           
To take whatever's owed to him 
   C/G
or leave you on the door
Em               G     
He just sees the souls 
           C/G
as walking ghosts

[Interlude]
Em G C/G Em G C/G

[Verse 2]
Em              G            
Brother can you help me out, 
     C/G
it's getting pretty dark
        Em            G    
And the voices of the lost 
           C/G
ones carry on
     Em           G               
They never really stood a chance, 
     C/G
they threw it all away
   Em               G       
In septic greed and lustful 
        C/G
selfish ways

[Interlude]
Em G C/G Em G C/G

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[Chorus]
        C        Em    
But you left too soon, 
    C            Em
the time, it got away
    C                  Em       
And you won't feel the price or 
    Dsus2
the pain of anything
            C       Em    
I'm sorry I took so long, 
  C                   Em
I wish you could have stayed
    C               Em          
The answer's buried deep enough 
     Dsus2             C   C/B Am
that you won't have to pay
         Em
The ferryman

[Interlude]
Em G C/G Em G C/G

[Verse 3]
     Em              G            
Just take whatever's offered you, 
      C/G
he'll beat you in a deal
    Em                G      
And speak so low that no one 
         C/G
else can hear
    Em                G   
The price you paid to get 
            C/G
across your body corporeal
     Em            G          C/G
It's not as if you ever had a choice

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[Interlude]
Em G C/G Em G C/G

[Chorus]
        C        Em    
But you left too soon, 
    C            Em
the time, it got away
    C                  Em       
And you won't feel the price or 
    Dsus2
the pain of anything
            C       Em    
I'm sorry I took so long, 
  C                   Em
I wish you could have stayed
    C               Em          
The answer's buried deep enough 
     Dsus2             C   C/B Am
that you won't have to pay
         Em
The ferryman

[Outro]
Em G C/G Em G C/G Em G C/G Em G C/G

How to play The Ferryman: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for The Ferryman by Jeff Loops on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

The Ferryman by Jeff Loops is built around E minor (one sharp: F♯), with 7 chords in all: Em, G, C/G, C, Dsus2, C/B and Am.

The backbone of the song is Em – G – C/G – Em (i – III – VI – i in E minor). Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

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