Julien Baker – Hardline Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Julien Baker – Hardline Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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ChordsFAmDmBbGm

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These are the chords for Hardline by Julien Baker on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
F  Am  Dm
Bb  Am  Gm

[Verse 1]
F          Am           Dm
   Blacked out on a weekday
       Bb
Still, something that
     Am              Gm
I'm trying to avoid
F        Am            Dm
   Start asking for forgiveness
in advance
    Bb             Am
For all the future things
           Gm
 I will destroy
F           Am         Dm
   That way I can ruin everything
     Bb              Am
When I do, you don't get
           Gm
to act surprised
F          Am
   When it finally gets

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    Dm
 to be too much
         Bb
I always told you you could
 Am           Gm
 leave at any time
      F                   Am
Until then I'll split the difference
        Dm           Bb
Between medicine and poison
          F          Am
Take what I can get away with
         Dm
While it burns right
            Bb
through my stomach
    F              Am
I'm telling my own fortune
          Dm         Bb
Something I cannot escape
      F                 Am
I can see where this is going
    Dm               Bb
But I can't find the brake

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[Break]
F  Am  Dm
Bb  Am  Gm

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[Verse 2]
F         Am        Dm
   Knocked out on a weekend
          Bb
Would you hit me this
      Am              Gm
hard if I wеre a boy?
F               Am            Dm
   See, I don't need you to defend mе
            Bb
'Cause it's just the sort
    Am             Gm
 of thing that I enjoy
         F               Am
Took the fallout, draw a hard line
       Dm                 Bb
When I cross it, it's the third time
       F               Am
Say my own name in the mirror
         Dm       Bb
And when nobody appears
         F              Am
Say it's not so cut and dry
       Dm              Bb
Oh, it isn't black and white
             Gm
What if it's all black, baby?
All the time

[Outro]
F  Am  Dm      Bb      F
          Oh, all the time
Am   Dm      Bb      F
        Oh, all the time
Am   Dm      Bb      F   Am   Dm   Bb
        Oh, all the time
F   Am   Dm   Bb

How to play Hardline: key, chords and progression

Hardline by Julien Baker keeps coming home to F major (one flat: B♭). You need 5 chords: F, Am, Dm, Bb and Gm.

The progression the song keeps returning to is F – Am – Dm – Bb (I – iii – vi – IV in F major). In solfa, that is doh – mi – lah – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes C, Em, Am, F, Dm (80% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 40% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C
Am chord on guitar (x02210)
AmA C E
Dm chord on guitar (xx0231)
DmD F A
Bb chord on guitar (x13331)
B♭B♭ D F
Gm chord on guitar (355333)
GmG B♭ D

Hardline chords: questions

What key is Hardline in?

Hardline by Julien Baker is centred on F major (one flat: B♭).

What chords are in Hardline?

Hardline uses 5 chords: F, Am, Dm, Bb, Gm.

What is the chord progression of Hardline?

The main progression is F – Am – Dm – Bb (I – iii – vi – IV).

Is Hardline easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes C, Em, Am, F, Dm (80% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 40% without a capo).

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