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Joji – Tick Tock Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 9, 2026

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[Intro]
Yeah

[Verse 1]
 Fmaj7
Tick-tock
Heavy like a Brinks truck
                 Em7
Looking like I'm tip-top
Shining like a wristwatch
                     Cmaj7
Time will grab your wrist
Lock it down 'til the thing pop
               Dm7        
Can you stick around for a
                 Em7
 minute 'til the ring stop?
Please, God
 Fmaj7
Tick-tock

Heavy like a Brinks truck
                 Em7
Looking like I'm tip-top
Shining like a wristwatch
                     Cmaj7
Time will grab your wrist
Lock it down 'til the thing pop
               Dm7      
Can you stick around for
                   Em7
 a minute 'til the ring stop?
Please, God

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[Chorus]
                        Em7
As time keeps slipping away
 (Slipping away)
                         
Girl, don't start feeling
  Cmaj7
a way (Feeling a way)
You and I, we are one
        Dm7
 in the same
          Em7         
Loving in pain, loving 
    Fmaj7
in (Loving in pain)

As time keeps slipping away 
(Slipping away)
                           Cmaj7
Girl, don't start feeling a way 
(Feeling a way)
                             Dm7
You and I, we are one in the same
          Em7
Loving in pain, loving in 

[Verse 2]
 Fmaj7
Tick-tock

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Gimme, gimme big bucks
              Em7
That is all I do, girl

I just hit the jackpot
                Cmaj7
I wish you were here with me
 now so I could feel some
                Dm7           
I wish you were here to hold me
              Em7
 down like a real one, real one
 Fmaj7
Live long
Wanna be a big shot
                 Em7
Should've stayed away
But always had a weak spot
                 Cmaj7
I've been on the road, 
and I'm sorry for the mix-up
             Dm7             
If you still love me, can you 
                Em7
see me during liftoff? 

[Chorus]
                        Em7
As time keeps slipping away
 (Slipping away)
                           Cmaj7
Girl, don't start feeling a way 
(Feeling a way)
                             Dm7
You and I, we are one in the same
          Em7            
Loving in pain, loving in
 Fmaj7
 (Loving in pain)

As time keeps slipping away
 (Slipping away) 
Girl, don't start feeling
   Cmaj7
 a way (Feeling a way)
                             Dm7
You and I, we are one in the same
          Em7
Loving in pain, loving in 

[Outro]
        Fmaj7
With my hands in the ocean
        Em7
With my hands in the ocean
        Cmaj7              
With my hands in the ocean, 
         Dm7
I pay
  Em7        Fmaj7
I pray, oh, I pray
Em7 Cmaj7 Dm7 Em7

How to play Tick Tock: key, chords and progression

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

Tick Tock by Joji keeps coming home to C major (no sharps or flats). You need 4 chords: Fmaj7, Em7, Cmaj7 and Dm7.

The backbone of the song is Em7 – Cmaj7 – Dm7 – Em7 (iii7 – Imaj7 – ii7 – iii7 in C major). In solfa, that is mi – doh – reh – mi. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

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