Sep262020

Joji – Upgrade Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Verse]
Bb6sus2
                      Eb/Ab
Guess I'm flyin' international
        Db9                  
We can meet, but no more lies 
         Bb6sus2
at the Oriental
 Bb6sus2
Bay-beh
Bb6sus2       Eb/Ab
Now I'm so professional
Db9                       Db9   
I just need you one more time to
        Bb6sus2
 get it right, you know?
          Bb6sus2
Won't you upgrade? I know it hurts
      Eb/Ab
You deserve it, I know your worth
       Db9
If you think you can't make
 it happen
Bb6sus2
We'll keep it optional 
(Keep it optional)
              Bb6sus2         
We don't make sense, we don't
     Bb6sus2
 make sense
              Eb/Ab
We don't make sense enough 
to give this time
        Db9
But if you'll be mine
              Bb6sus2
We'll keep it optional

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Bb6sus2
(Ooh) Yeah-yeah-yeah, 
yeah-yeah-yеah, yeah-yeah
Eb/Ab
(Ooh) Yeah-yеah-yeah,
 yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah
Db9
(Ooh) Yeah-yeah-yeah,
 yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah
Bb6sus2
(Ooh)

Feel free to use our free Chord Shape Generator to see every chord in this song on guitar, ukulele and piano.

Bb6sus2
(Ooh) Yeah-yeah-yeah, 
yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah
Eb/Ab
(Ooh) Yeah-yeah-yeah, 
yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah
Db9
(Ooh) Yeah-yeah-yeah, 
yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah
Bb6sus2
(Ooh)

How to play Upgrade: key, chords and progression

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

To play Upgrade by Joji, think in E♭ major (three flats: B♭, E♭, A♭). It takes 3 chords: Bb6sus2, Eb/Ab and Db9.

The backbone of the song is Bb6sus2 – Eb/Ab – Db9 – Bb6sus2 (V6 – I – ♭VII9 – V6 in E♭ major). Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 1st fret and play the shapes A6, D, C9 (67% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 0% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.