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Jesse Welles – Independence Day Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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These are Independence Day Chords by Jesse Welles on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Verse]
                   C
It's Independence Day
                 G   G7
Light a cherry bomb
And celebrate your
independence
Renting in a
subdivision
Blowing up your
           C
neighbors lawn
It's Independence
 C
Day
Have a nice cold
 G    G7
beer
Or have a cold
white claw
But keep it hid
from your pa
'Cause today ain't
the
day for coming out
 c
queer

[Chorus]
          F
Eat your hotdawg
and shut up
            C
Close your eyes and
thank God for beef
           D7
Hell even free
range cows
Get fenced in somehow
    G            G
To keep 'em all nice
     G7
and neat

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[Verse]
It's Independence
  C
 Day
What kinda chips
 do you
 G      G7
choose
We got variety, cheddar
 cheese sour cream
But when you vote ya
                 C
gotta pick from two

[Chorus]
           F
Pay yopur taxes
and shut up
           C
No teling what kind
of bomb they'll buy
            Dm7
And send it in
the mail
           D7
With  some war
torn hell
        G
But at least
you know
you're
              G7
on the right side
Hell yeah

[Instrumental]
F   F   C   Am7
D7   D7   G   G7
F   F   C   A7
D7   D7   G   G7

[Verse]
                   C
It's Independence Day
Go down a slip-n-
 G     G7
slide
And on a scale
of free
From one two or
 three
Do you think
you'll make
         C
it out alive

[Outro]

It's Independence
  C
 Day
    Em
And I'ma glad for
 G   G7
 it
Yeah I'm thankful
 I can say
What I wanna say
And not be killed
                 F C
by the government

Watch: Independence Day (July 4, 2024)

From Jesse Welles - Topic on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play Independence Day: key, chords and progression

Independence Day by Jesse Welles is built around C major (no sharps or flats), with 9 chords in all: C, G, G7, F, D7, Dm7, Am7, A7 and Em.

Most of the song cycles through G – G7 – F – C (V – V7 – IV – I in C major). In solfa, that is soh – soh – fah – doh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

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