May222020

Jeff Rosenstock – Old Crap Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

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

[Verse 1]
A# Dm Gm Dm
Go back to the old crap
Cm G# A#
To the things you tell yourself you’ve gotten through.
A# Dm Gm Dm
But it’s just been a week of
Cm G# A#
Desperately trying not to sweat off the glue

[Chorus]
G F D# A#
‘Cause the body wants to do things
G F D#
that the body wants to do.
G F# F A#
It’s a shell coated in candy
D# F Gm
for the ground that waits for you.

[Verse 2]
A# Dm
Rip your friends off.
Gm Dm
Write a new song,
Cm G# A#
Call it “Shame” and claim its indelible truths,
A# Dm
Play the victim,
Gm Dm
Be a shithead,
Cm G# A#
Throw the blame at anyone coming for you

[Chorus 2]
G F D# A#
‘Cause the brain’s gonna do things
G F D#
that the brain’s gonna do.
G F# F A#
I’m the worst kind of person
D# F Gm
And I’m still in love with you.
(Gm) D Gm D

[Verse 3]
Gm D
Howzit animosity can just cut right through
Gm D
the fog of a pixelated memory that you figured was long gone
A# Dm Gm Dm
and it shapeshifts into guilt that corners you into rights and wrongs
A# Dm Gm Dm
‘cause you told yourself you’re the kind of person who knows how to move on
Gm D
and the only way to trick yourself into not feeling insane
Gm D
are the negative impulses that you struggle to restrain?
A# Dm Gm Dm
You know that nothing’s real but you sink your hooks into mistakes anyway
A# Dm Gm Dm
and you’re paralyzed by the how’s and why’s because people never change.

[Verse 4]
D#
You can call it “angst” but I ain’t seen proof
C G# G F# F E F F# G G# C# D# D
That the world ain’t fked And we ain’t just doomed to the truth.
A# Dm Gm Dm Cm D#m G F x2
So sing a long lalala
G F G F G

[Verse 5]
G F D# A#
I’m still gonna do all
G F D#
of the things I want to do
G F# D# A#
But the truth at the moment is
D# F Gm
I’m tired of the truth.
D# F Gm
I’m tired of the truth.
D# F A#
Yeah, I’m tired and I’m through.

How to play Old Crap: key, chords and progression

Old Crap by Jeff Rosenstock keeps coming home to E♭ major (three flats: B♭, E♭, A♭). You need 14 chords: A#, Dm, Gm, Cm, G#, G, F, D#, F#, D, C and E and 2 more.

Most of the song cycles through A# – Dm – Gm – Dm (V – vii – iii – vii in E♭ major). In solfa, that is soh – te – mi – te. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Good to know: on guitar, A#, Gm, Cm, G# and F need a barre or movable shape. Take the change into them slowly at first; piano and ukulele players have it easier.