These are This Is Not My Song chords by Jesse Welles on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.
[Intro]AABmBmF#mEF#m[Verse]
Oh oh and it's got
F#m
me caught
A
I never ask for advice
He's got a way of forcin'
E
it on you
But my heart's as
BmABm
cold as ice
F#m
And I will not entertain
A
Even an ounce of anger
I'm happy with all my
E
borrowed words
BmBm
I won't ever return
A[Chorus]
And this is not my
A
song
A
And these are not
A
my words
Bm
I borrowed this guitar
And stole all of
the chords
A
And these are not
A
my feelings
In fact they told
Bm
I leaarned 'em from
a place
But mainly they're
stole
F#mEF#m
Stolen by me
[Verse]
Oh Lord I've stolen
F#m
a girl
But it's like stealing
A
a mountain
I've got no place to
E
put it no
Bm
And no hope to climb
ABm
it
F#m
I can not succeed
Can not catch and
A
release us
And man must take
E
her back
And he said
"You've sown, now you
Bm
will reap"
Oh oh oh
A[Vesre]A
I found a true love
AA
Surely she's ideal
She was once my
Bm
friends
But I made a steal
And she loves like
A
a rock
She's heavy as a
stone yeah
But it's better
Bm
than drugs
Ah and being alone
A
[Chorus]
And this is not
A
my song
A
And these are not
A
my words
I borrowed the
Bm
guitar
And stole all of
the chords
A
And these are not
A
my feelings
In fact they're
age old
I leaarned 'em
Bm
from a place
But mainly they're
stole
A
Stolen by me
[Outro]AABmBmAAABmBmEA
Watch: This is Not My Song
From Jesse Welles - Topic on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.
How to play This Is Not My Song: key, chords and progression
This Is Not My Song by Jesse Welles keeps coming home to A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯). You need 4 chords: A, Bm, F#m and E.
Listen for F#m – A – E – Bm (vi – I – V – ii in A major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is lah – doh – soh – reh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.
Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes G, Am, Em, D (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.
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This Is Not My Song chords: questions
What key is This Is Not My Song in?
This Is Not My Song by Jesse Welles is centred on A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯).
What chords are in This Is Not My Song?
This Is Not My Song uses 4 chords: A, Bm, F#m, E.
What is the chord progression of This Is Not My Song?
The main progression is F#m – A – E – Bm (vi – I – V – ii).
Is This Is Not My Song easy to play on guitar?
Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes G, Am, Em, D (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo).
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