Sep82018

Jimmy Maddon – The Show Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

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This is the chord progression of The Show by Jimmy Maddon on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
Am Em C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 (x2)
Am F C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
Am F G

[Verse 1]
Am Em C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
Pull out the layers of your mind
Am Em C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
Don’t you know you might find
Am Em C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
A song to write a day
Am F C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
Am Em C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
You said that you’d never see
Am Em C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
That rock‘n roll scene
Am Em C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
Well you will today
Am F G

[Chorus]
F C Am F
Keep yourself alive through the show
G Am
There’s only two more acts to go
F C Am
And I’ll stop singing when the lights have
F
gone low
G Am
And all the seated start to go

[Verse 2]
Am Em C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
Where will you be
Am Em C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
You’ve been reading greek mythology
Am Em C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
Will you be waiting in the wings just for me

Am F C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7

Am Em C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
Will you be in the cold foggy streets
Am Em C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
In London all lonely
Am Em C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
Where will you be
Am F G

[Chorus 2]
F C Am F
Ohhhhhhh Keep yourself alive through the show
G Am
There’s only one more act to go
F C Am F
And all the things you told me not to do
G Am
You didn’t mind when it’s you

[Outro]
Am
Ohhhhhhhh Oh
F G C

How to play The Show: key, chords and progression

The Show by Jimmy Maddon keeps coming home to C major (no sharps or flats). You need 6 chords: Am, Em, C, Cmaj7, F and G.

Listen for Cmaj7 – C – Cmaj7 – Am (Imaj7 – I – Imaj7 – vi in C major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – doh – doh – lah. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

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