Oct142024

Jelly Roll (Us, Nashville, Tn) – My Cross Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
D   E  Bm  A


[Verse 1]
     D
Your blood is my
blood
and poison runs
 deep
Em
Knowing you're
 mine
scares
    Bm         A
the hell outta me
       D
'Cause hurt is a
 sickness
and trauma is too
    Em
And I'd rather die
than to
Bm         A
pass it to you

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[Chorus]
              D
'Cause that's my
cross to
carry, my scars to
heal
Em
My pain to bury,
Bm
not
yours
   A
to feel
  D
I pray every day
 I can
love you enough
   Em
So my cross to
      Bm
carry won't
   A
be yours to pick
D    Em   Bm  A
up


[Verse 2]
D
I hope to God you
don't
 get my addictions
      Em
Don't deal with
my
demons
   Bm        A
or make my decisions
      D
Yeah, I hope the
apple falls
 far from the tree
        Em
And the sins of the
 father
     Bm
stop right here
     A
with me

[Chorus]
              D
'Cause that's my
cross to
carry, my scars to
 heal
Em
My pain to bury,
Bm
not
         A
yours to feel
  D
I pray every
 day I
can love you
enough
   Em
So my cross to
       Bm
 carry won't be
A             G
yours to pick up



[Bridge]
F#m
Won't be yours to
     Em
pass down
Bm       A
And whеn you make
   G
mistakes on your
own
  D/F#
I hope that you
know
       Em
You'll nеver go
            A
through it alone


[Chorus]
       D
That's my
cross
to carry,
 my scars
to heal
Em
My pain to
      Bm
bury, not
         A
yours to feel
  D
I pray every
day I
can love you
enough
   Em
So my cross to
carry
Bm       A
won't be yours
        D
to pick up

[Outro]
Won't be yours
        Em
to pick up
Bm       A
Won't be yours
        D
to pick up

How to play My Cross: key, chords and progression

My Cross by Jelly Roll (Us, Nashville, Tn) is in the key of D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). The song uses 8 chords: D, E, Bm, A, Em, G, F#m and D/F#.

The progression the song keeps returning to is A – D – Em – Bm (V – I – ii – vi in D major). In solfa, that is soh – doh – reh – lah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: Bm and F#m are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.