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Julien Baker – Song In E Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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These are the chords for Song In E by Julien Baker on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

[Intro]
E B C#m B/E A E E+7

[Verse 1]
  E             E+7
I wish that I drank
C#m        B
Because of you and
    A      E        B
not only because of me
    E            E+7
And then I could blame
          C#m      B
something painful enough
        A           E       B
Not to make me look any more weak

[Verse 2]
     E            E+7
When you heard my name
C#m          B         A
You could be angry and have
       E         B
a good reason to be
    E           E+7
And then when I sang
  C#m      B         A
A horrible drunken parade
      E
of my worst thoughts
B   E+7              C#m  A
I'd say, "Give me no sympathy"
         C#m   Asus4   E
It's the mercy I can't take

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[Instrumental Break]
E E+ C#m B A E F#m B
B C  C#m B A F#m

[Verse 3]
      E          E+7
Oh, I wish you'd come over
       C#m           B            A
Not to stay, just to tell me that I
         E          B
Was your biggest mistake to my face
         E         E+7
And then leave me alone
      C#m    B
In an еmpty apartment,
     A           E
face down in the carpеt
  B    E+7  C#m   A
I wish you'd hurt me
         C#m   Asus4   E
It's the mercy I can't take
E E+7 C#m B A E+7

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How to play Song In E: key, chords and progression

Song In E by Julien Baker is in the key of E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯). The song uses 8 chords: C#m, B, A, E, Asus4, E+, F#m and C.

The progression the song keeps returning to is C#m – B – A – E (vi – V – IV – I in E major). In solfa, that is lah – soh – fah – doh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: C#m, B, E+ and F#m are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.