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Jesse Welles – Misery Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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These are Misery chords by Jesse Welles on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Verse 1]
           C
If and you can't
     G
Zoom out
    F
And see this whole
thing's about
           C
If and you can't
    E7
See life
             Am  D7
Oh, what an idiot

[Chorus]
             C
What a miserable
life
What a miserable
G
world
       F
What a misery
   C    G  G7
in men

[Verse 2]
              C
If and you're proud
    G       F
Too tall to see
F
All we are's pretty 
small
           C
If and you can't
    E7
See life
             Am   D7
Oh, what an idiot

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[Chorus]
             C
What a miserable
life
What a miserable
G
world
       F
What a misery in
C    G  G7
men

[Bridge]
   C
Oh misery,oh,
   A7
 oh-oh
D7      G  G7
Misery, oh-oh
C
Misery, oh,
oh-oh,
A7
oh
D7
Misery, the kind
that
      G
won't ever leave

[Verse 3]
           C
If and you can't
     G   G7
Zoom out
    F
And see what the
whole
thing's about
           C
If and you can't
    E7
See life
             Am   D7
Oh, what an idiot

[Out-Chorus]
                 C
What a miserable life
                 G
What a miserable world
       F         C    G
What a misery in men

Watch: Misery

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

How to play Misery: key, chords and progression

Misery by Jesse Welles keeps coming home to C major (no sharps or flats). You need 8 chords: C, G, F, E7, Am, D7, G7 and A7.

The backbone of the song is C – G – F – C (I – V – IV – I in C major). In solfa, that is doh – soh – fah – doh. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar almost every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.