Sep282020

Joji – Modus Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsEm7 Bm7 CM7 D Am7 Em9 GM9 F#m7 Am6 GM7 Am9 FM9

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[INTRO]
Em7  Bm7  CM7
Em7  Bm7  CM7       D
Am7  Em9  GM9  F#m7
Am7  Em9  GM9  F#m7
Am7  Em9  GM9  F#m7
Am7  Em9  GM9  F#m7

[VERSE I]
Am6                  Em7
Speed it up, slow it down
                      GM7
Need control, need it now                        
I need to live a thousand
 Em7
 times
                       Am9
I cannot stop, I cannot cry                         
I will not fret, I will 
   Em7
not die
                    GM7
I am machine, I stay alive                           
Sometimes I think, sometimes
   Em7
 I think
                  FM9           
Sometimes I think, sometimes
 I (Ooh)
Am6                        
 I've got no aim, a million
 Em7
  rounds, is nothing real?
          GM7             
A hundred pounds of heavy
                   Em7
 steel, it feels so loud                         
Tied to my chest, it feels
    Am6
 so loud                         
I'll take a peek to across
     Em7
 the peaks                          
This grass is neat and I'm 
       GM7
quite unique                           
But I'd like to be, but I'd
         Em7   FM9
 like to be

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[CHORUS]
      Am9             
And I hope this is the
 Em7
 hardest part
   GM9     F#m7
We try, we try
    Am9                  
And when they say they're
 Em7
 satisfied
        GM9            F#m7
They're lying, they're lying
      Am7           Em7     
Do forgive me, I've seen the
 GM7               F#m7
 treasure's in the bloom
          Am7              
But right now, I'm just not
 Em7               GM7  F#m7
 strong enough for you

[VERSE II]
Am6                     
Sorry, you can see it in
    Em7
 my retina
GM7                        
Focus in and out, I'm doing
 F#m7
 better
Am6                     
Artificial ghost with no
    Em7
 perception
  GM7                    
I wanna be a Chevy, not a
 F#m7
 Sentra, uh (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Am6                 Em7
 I don't feel the way they
  programmed me to feel today
GM9                         
Some pieces falling from the
 F#m7
 waist up, I'm so sorry for delays
Am6
 Just need one moment to erase
Em7
 That burning pain before the rage
GM9                      
 I feel good, I feel good,
  F#m7
I feel good (I fixed it)

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[CHORUS]
      Am9             
And I hope this is the
 Em7
 hardest part
   GM9     F#m7
We try, we try
    Am9                  
And when they say they're
 Em7
 satisfied
        GM9            F#m7
They're lying, they're lying
      Am7           Em7      
Do forgive me, I've seen the
GM7               F#m7
 treasure's in the bloom
          Am7              
But right now, I'm just not
 Em7               GM7  F#m7
 strong enough for you
      Am9             
And I hope this is the
 Em7
 hardest part
   GM9     F#m7
We try, we try
    Am9                  
And when they say they're
 Em7
 satisfied
        GM9            F#m7
They're lying, they're lying
      Am7           Em7     
Do forgive me, I've seen the
 GM7               F#m7
 treasure's in the bloom
          Am7              
But right now, I'm just not
 Em7               GM7  F#m7
 strong enough for you

[OUTRO]
Em7  Bm7  CM7
Em7  Bm7  CM7

How to play Modus: key, chords and progression

This is the chords of Modus by Joji on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

Modus by Joji sits in E minor (one sharp: F♯), and you need 12 chords to play it: Em7, Bm7, CM7, D, Am7, Em9, GM9, F#m7, Am6, GM7, Am9 and FM9.

Listen for Am9 – Em7 – GM9 – F#m7 (iv9 – i7 – III – ii7 in E minor): the song comes back to it again and again. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Good to know: Bm7, Em9, GM9, F#m7 and Am6 are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.