May232020

Jeff Rosenstock – Bnb Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

ChordsE A B C#m D F#m CB/D#Eb/G GD/F#G#m F#F#M

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This is the chords of Bnb by Jeff Rosenstock on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Verse 1]
E A B E
Sam, Your mom has secretly been renting out your home.
A B C#m
I used the shower sponge when you went to Spain alone.
D F#m
She told us it’s been rough and you deserved a break
C B E
and marrying that guy, obviously was mistake

A B E
you had a couple kids but now he’s always gone
A B C#m
and you’re stuck sweeping hair at your mommy’s hair salon.
D F#m
The flat you have upstairs, tucked in the suburbs safe,
C B
is running low on bread and other amenities
A B E A E A B
‘cause your mom’s been secretly renting your plaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace.
E A B E A B
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace.

[Verse 2]
E A B E
Al, your elevator looked in hella disrepair
A B C#m
but I’m not fuckin’ with a dozen flights of stairs.
D A
I tenderized my legs somewhere in Germany
C B E
trying to convince the bored to pay attention to me.
A B E
The absinthe that we drank? I’m not sure it was real.
A B C#m
Massage place in the building? We know what‘s the fuckin’ deal
D F#m
‘cause fratboys wait outside, pretending their not there,
C B
avert their glassy eyes, but I don’t really care.

[Bridge]
B A E B/D#
I don’t wanna lay in bed and stare at the ceiling
C#m Eb/G C#m
While chasing the fleeting
C D
There’s too much in my head to sleep
G D/F#
And I did the thing that movie said,
E B
“Foot on the floor beside the bed”
C D E
Still too much in my head to sleep
C D E
too much in my head to sleep
C D E B
too much in my head to sleep tonight.

[Verse 3]
A
Get fcked up, break your stupid bones again.
B
Get fcked up, lose your telephone again.
A
Get fcked up, bother all your friends again.
G#m F# E
Get fcked up, shame your broken heart again.
A B E
I really gotta leave, but I just wanna stay.
A B C#m
I’m only a real person for a quarter-dozen days
D A
until I gotta scram, until I go away
C B E
and turn into a person that I didn’t want to be

A B E
cultivating mold on my laundry
A B C#m
and becoming so afraid I’m honestly
D C#m
placing bets on a chemical crapshoot with my brain.
D C#m
Cleaning for the dealer so I’ll black out on the plane.
D F#M
Mumbling in the dark and living vicariously
A B E A B E A B
Through a photo album in a stranger’s BNB.
E A B E A B
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E A B E A B
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E A B E B B B B B B C C C C C C
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How to play Bnb: key, chords and progression

Bnb by Jeff Rosenstock is written in E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯) and moves through 14 chords: E, A, B, C#m, D, F#m, C, B/D#, Eb/G, G, D/F# and G#m and 2 more.

Listen for B – E – A – B (V – I – IV – V in E major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is soh – doh – fah – soh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Good to know: on guitar, B, C#m, F#m, B/D# and Eb/G need a barre or movable shape. Take the change into them slowly at first; piano and ukulele players have it easier.