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Jesse Welles – Im Sorry Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsG F C D

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[Verse 1]
G            F
Go ye down into
that land
       C
You’ll wake more
         G
than the dogs my
friend
You’ll wake until
       F
you’ve woke and
then
             C
You’ll wanna go
 to sleep again
    G
I’m sorry



[Chorus]
G
I’m sorry
    F
I’m sorry
  C
I feel so goddam
 G
 bad
G
I’m sorry
    D
I’m sorry
I’m the worse
C              G
thing ya ever had

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[Verse 2]
G
Walter Whitman
F
Waldo seeking
   C         G
Confusion analectic
 reading
Good men tore down
F
cut and bleeding
       C
Things no one needs
        G
And I’m sorry



[Chorus]
G
I’m sorry
    F
I’m sorry
  C
I feel so
       G
goddam bad
G
I’m sorry
    D
I’m sorry

I’m the worse
C              G
thing ya ever had



[Harmonica Solo]
G  C  G  C G F
C  G



[Verse 3]
N.C.
The multitudes
contained in you
N.C.
Are surely marching
two by two
  G
Into an ark, an
  F
unfortunate zoo
    C
The flood comes
soon
        G
And I’m sorry

[Verse 4]
G
They greet me
     F
cosmopolitanly
  C
A synthesis of
G
many
litanies
Yall always knew
I was a
 F
 sucker for those
things
C
I must learn my
manners
and my chinese
please


[Chorus]
G
I’m sorry
    F
I’m sorry
  C
I feel so
       G
goddam bad
G
I’m sorry
    D
I’m sorry
I’m the worse
C
thing ya ever
 G
had



[Guitar Solo]
D  G D G  D G
C



[Harmonica Solo]
G  C G  C  G F
C  G

[Verse 5]
   G
Ya deal with slaves
  F
Become withdrawn
    C
And cease to keep on
G
Keepin on
    G
You cut the tree
     F
That grew the
fruit
          C
If I were you
brother man
    G
I’d salt them
roots



[Out-Chorus]
G
And I’m sorry
    F
I’m sorry
  C
I feel so
       G
goddam bad
G
I’m sorry
    D
I’m sorry
I’m the worse
C
thing ya ever
  G
 had
G
I’m sorry
    F
I’m sorry
  C
I feel so
       G
goddam bad
G
I’m sorry
    D
I’m sorry
I’m the worse
C              G
thing ya ever had

How to play Im Sorry: key, chords and progression

Im Sorry by Jesse Welles is centred on C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 4 chords: G, F, C and D.

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

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes D, C, G, A (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.